Hangin’ with my brother

With Linds out of town, Scotty and I grabbed the bull by the horns and did a lot of things that did not require us to be home for lunch, naps (although Scotty took a lot of those), dinner or BBB (Bath, Books, Bed) time. While we spent today, my birthday raod trippin’ the highlight of the week was definately the zip-lining trip we took on Saturday followed by a trip to Linds and my favorite swimming lake.

 

The zip lining was absolutely amazing. At times we were over a hundred feet up and the longest line was easily half a kilometer. Yes, I know I am mixing units. We went with one of my neighbors and it was a really nice time. Relaxing and exhilarating at the same time. Pictures below.

 

This morning, my birthday, we loaded up the car, cats and all, and departed Ottawa for parts known and mostly unknown. The first stop was to drop off the cats. Went ok till the end when Oli puked up a huge pile in the carrier. Fortunately we were literally pulling in to the kitty spa at that point so the nice man who runs the place did the clean up! After that it was off to Niagara Falls, which much like the Grand Canyon everyone says it is impressive but nothing compares to actually seeing it! We did the Maid of the Mist boat tour and walked around a while. I think the highlight of Niagara was the trip to My Country Delicatessan, which is owned by one of our neighbours family. We show up for a quiet lunch and walk out 45minutes later loaded down with 10lbs of sausage made in the deli, our bellies stuffed to busting with homemade food and more hugs from a sweet old Serbian lady than we knew what to do with. Awesome!

All in all a good birthday. It was a lot of fun hanging with Scotty since it is not something I get to do very often. He is a good companion for a roadtrip although he has yet to take a turn at the wheel.