There’s one more city on my road trip that I took a bunch of pictures in and didn’t post. Gatineau. It’s across the river from another large Canadian city. Someone told me it was called Aughtawha or something. I didn’t get a chance to check it out.
But anyway, Gatineau. After I decided to stop CouchSurfing, I drove east for a while and then checked into a hotel there. It was actually a golf/spa resort, which I thought was perfect for someone who doesn’t play golf or know what happens in a spa.
I got it on the cheap cause it was a last-minute booking and then got a free upgrade to a fancy room. Score! It was quite nice, though it lacked certain obvious standard hotel features. Like towel racks. It didn’t have a single towel rack. Or any way (I could see) to direct the water to the shower head. On the flip side, the pay-for-porn channel was free for almost a whole day. (The titles did not appear on my bill.)
So after I checked in and took a bath and then watched tv and took another bath, I went to check out the city.
I went to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, but much to my disappointment there was not a single mention of the game.
So then I went to Gatineau park which has the best driving roads I found on the trip. Curvy, hilly, smooth and led to a gay nude beach. Awesome.
Here are some photos of a random assortment, much like the boxes of timbits that proved to be perfect eat-while-driving snacks. Enjoy the glazed or coconut-covered or boston-cream-leaking goodness.
1. Buggery
Bugs, bugs everywhere and also my water bottle was empty. After 4000 kms, I had killed a lot of bugs with just my car. Multiply that by the number of cars on the highways and consider those were only the bugs killed and that’s one assload of bugs in existence.
2. Stairs at the top
I went to Gatineau Park. It was 35 degrees. There were stairs and a great view but it was too hot to remember anything else.
3. Old van
There was a postal exhibit at the museum. They had every stamp ever issued in Canada, an orange iBook and an old truck. I’m not sure what the punchline is.
4. Saskatchewan
Walking through the old towns in the museum was very cool and the only reason I went to the museum in the first place. I don’t enjoy them generally but walking through re-built old towns across Canada was something.
5. Parlament
The heat was so intense at this point I thought that was a castle across a lake of fire and I was supposed to rescue some sort of hot sleeping chick. At least that’s what I told the police. When they detained me and took away my sword.
Out of the sweltering heat, I went back to the hotel and took a nice, refreshing bath before starting the long drive east.
