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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This week's newsletter is out and it's packed with ideas for road trips from #Ottawa. You can read it at ottawaroadtrips.substack.com/p/august-26-...

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’m having fun using an app called Waterlogue to make some of my photos look a bit like paintings. It’s weirdly addictive.

Photo of Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park digitally altered to resemble a painting

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This week's newsletter is out (see link below), and it's packed with ideas for road trips in and around #Ottawa — everything from campsite reservations to Cirque du Soleil. To get tips like this in your in-box every week, why not subscribe? It's free! open.substack.com/pub/ottawaro...

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This week's newsletter is out, and it's packed with ideas! If you don't already subscribe to get tips each week for fun in and around #Ottawa, why not sign up? It's free!

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Got a lovely message from a new paid subscriber today!

Quote from new subscriber reads "love that you provide information about local events that I'm interested in. (Have your books & they're super useful for our overnight & day trips)"

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This week's newsletter is out, and it's full of useful tips for road trips from #Ottawa: everything from Halloween haunted houses and Christmas craft sales to improved trail access in Smiths Falls and a discount pass for Quebec ski hills. If you don't subscribe already, why not sign up? It's free!

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So I'm updating my big, big, BIG list of Christmas craft sales. I've been working on it since last week. There are now 220+ sales listed, and I'm STILL finding new ones! But I'll have to stop for now. I think I have ornament overload. :-) Stay tuned for the post later this week!

ornaments painted with birds and holly, hanging on a Christmas tree

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This week's #Ottawa Road Trips newsletter is out! If you don't subscribe yet, why not sign up to make sure you get great local travel tips in your in-box every week. It's free! ottawaroadtrips.substack.com/about

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

What are some of your favourite "hidden places" in #Ottawa and #Gatineau? I'm gathering ideas for a new book about off-the-beaten-track spots. If you know of something I shouldn't overlook (like the quirky intersection in the photo below), please comment or DM me. And thanks!

Ottawa street signs marking the corner of Mulder Avenue and Scully Way.

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This week's newsletter is out! If you're not a subscriber, why not sign up to get great tips in your in-box every week? It's free! open.substack.com/pub/ottawaro...

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Canadian Tulip Festival drew big crowds to Dows Lake today! Not quite as hectic at the Arboretum and along Colonel By.

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

This week's newsletter is out! If you are a subscriber and you DIDN'T receive it, please message me here and I'll see if I can figure out a fix. open.substack.com/pub/ottawaro...

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The protest I attended yesterday in front of the US Embassy in Ottawa was small but vocal. Countless people who drove by us honked in support. I have no beef with my US family and friends. I do have a big beef with Trump. If you think we won’t fight back…just watch us. Elbows up.

Canadian flags in front of the US Embassy in Washington.

Protestors holding signs reading “Elbows up” and “America get rid of the Russian in your White House.”

Protestor holding signs reading “Canada loves Ukraine” and “Canada never the 51st state.”

Protestor holding sign reading “Glorious and FREE” with protestors in background.

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Just a wee bit of snow here in Ottawa. No idea who built the tunnel through the snow mountain on our front lawn!

Blue car with hood and windshield buried in snow.

Woman lying on a large snowbank with a tunnel in it, laughing.

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Checked out the gorgeous Motel Chelsea in Chelsea QC this afternoon. Post to come, but here are some snaps. #outaouaisfun

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Today’s captionless G&M cover is genius, as well as an example of CanCon at its finest. Most Canadians of a certain age will know exactly what it means, but very few others would have a clue.

Man in a suit walking away from the camera in a snowstorm.

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I'll be at the Originals Christmas Craft Sale at the EY Centre on Saturday, December 7, from 10am to noon, signing copies of my books at Booth 322. Please drop by and say hi! #Ottawa

woman holding a book titled Ottawa Road Trips

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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Today’s fun assignment: checking out Christmas stores for a story I’m writing for the Citizen/Sun Homes section.

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