a peek inside the fishbowl

… or the “Skateway” as I’ve heard it called.

Navigating the Rideau Canal with kids can either be very very fun, or very very awful. We had a bit of both on Saturday.

We started at Patterson Creek in the Glebe and skated towards Dow’s Lake. We got as far as Landsdowne Park before we turned back.

You have to pace yourself, otherwise you might live to regret it.

Partway back we stopped for a wee break. I snapped a few pictures and was interrupted by some serious wailing. Emma had lobbed a snowball chunk of ice and Sarah’s face got in the way “by accident.”

We still had quite a ways to go. Sarah cried all the way back to the car. I hate it when our outings end like that.

These photos were taken before the meltdown, mostly during our maple taffy eating break. You’ve never seen stickier stuff. But it’s worth it. Warm liquid taffy is poured over lightly packed snow, and it hardens as it freezes. The hardened syrup is twirled around a popsicle stick and eaten like a lollypop.