Day 96: Silver Lake Provincial Park to Ottawa

September 8, 2010

Another short day today. This gave me a chance to have a look around Ottawa.

On my cross-Canada tour in 2001, the UIC bakeshop built a wheel for me in a day in an emergency. I was grateful for this and I used to send them postcards from my bike trips to say thanks. The first thing I did after arriving in town was to stop by. Sadly, the shop is no longer there.

I headed to the visitor information centre to ask about bike shops and getting out of town. They were quite helpful. They gave me a list of bike shops. I was able to pick up a spare tire at Pecco's. They also gave me directions from hedney.com for a nice ride out of town.

In the evening, I visited Parliament Hill.

I stayed downtown at the Ottawa Youth Hostel in a private room ($56.50) where I was able to keep my bike in the room.

End point:

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