Tulip Time in Ottawa...Cyclon Test Weekend

On the Victoria Day long weekend Paul and I drove to Ottawa to test rides that we will be leading on the August 1st weekend at Cyclon. We stayed at the University of Ottawa residence which is where the rides will begin.

Saturday was cool, overcast and threatening rain but a fiddling group played toe-tapping songs beside the Ottawa River.

The crabapple trees were in full bloom.

The flowering trees and lilacs were along the Rideau Canal.

While it was "Tulip Festival" weekend, there were thousands of people among the tulips, too many for us to join... so we took photos of the crabapple blossoms instead.

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Paul McCrossan said…
There were thousands of families walking among the tulips taking "selfless". Not good for getting pictures of the flowers themselves.

There were so many cars going out to see the tulips near Dow's Lake that the traffic was at a complete standstill.

Good time to have a bicycle to use on the bicycle path (if dodging pedestrians taking family group pictures on the bicycle path didn't bother you!).
May 23, 2015 at 10:08 a.m.
Megan said…
Looks lovely. Seems like blossom viewing is becoming a much bigger thing now. A colleague was telling me about the huge crowds at High Park a few weeks ago to see the cherry blossoms.
May 25, 2015 at 9:36 a.m.
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