Locals only

We drove up along the Rideau Canal today, which is more of a chain of lakes and rivers that connects Ottowa and Lake Ontario. As a Californian, I’m in awe of the amount of water here. The map is mostly blue, but the parts in between are green, green, green in real life. Lots of soybean and corn fields, but, while they’re certainly large, they don’t go on for miles and miles. It’s still a very human scaled landscape.

When it was time for dinner, we hit the supermarket. Big signs trumpeted Ontario produce, and it was there, but wedged in between the pears from Argentina and the salad mix from the Salinas Valley. We had chardonnay from Chile, despite the existence of a hundred wineries in the province. Not that much difference from a supermarket at home, of course, but a bit jarring after our excursion through Prince Edward County yesterday.