Hiking the Rideau Trail

 I am hiking the Rideau Trail. It makes me feel like an adventurer just to say those words. Although it may be more apt to say that I am leisurely walking the Rideau Trail with the dream that I will complete it before I die. It is a 387 km.

At Home on the Rockcliffe Parkway

 Driving along the river in the moonlight, the Rockcliffe Parkway, officially named for Sir Georges-Étienne Cartier, bends and turns. Newly fallen snow gleams, and across the river, Gatineau’s lights twinkle. Water flows between us, and it feels good, familiar. I love this drive, even at night, when the turns are