I couldn’t get a campground any closer than 25 minutes south of downtown Ottawa at Camp Hither in South Gloucester. It was perfectly nice, but more of a motel than a hotel, if you know what I mean. I took an Uber into town and had a lovely day of art galleries, museums, a walk along the canal past all the locks, and a wonderful (and slightly winey) lunch at Aiana, a ‘Canadiana terroir’ restaurant. I had the venison, and that, along with the midday wine, made an afternoon nap back at the campground mandatory. Only regret – I had wanted to do a canal cruise but the timing just wouldn’t work. Note: a lot more homeless than I had expected.
