Ottawa 9-11 Truth

Hello and welcome to Winterlude.

Winterlude is a yearly winter festival that takes place in Ottawa on the first 3 weekends in February. Since the 11th of February won’t fall on a weekend until 2014, we decided to go out on the 8th instead. Yes, we bent the rules a little, but it was the difference between seeing hundreds of people versus thousands of people. We chose thousands.

The locals call it ‘Maple Snow’ and yes, it’s actual sap from a Maple tree which is cooled on a bed of snow and served on a stick. We also eat beaver tails. You should really come to Ottawa and check this out.

These images are a result of the Rogers 22^nd International Ice-Carving Competition. Professional carvers from around the world in conjunction with the Canadian Ice Carvers’ Society spend 3 days creating these beautiful pieces of art.

This year they were placed in a covered area to prevent the sun and rain from prematurely destroying them. The lineup was far too long, so all I got were these two pics.

This month we decided to meet on the bridge that you saw in the top photo. While it was cold and windy we had a great view of the skaters below.

Tyrone took the opposite sidewalk while we waited for others to arrive.

After about a hundred discs, we decided to go down below to the skaters. The wind was far too strong up on top of the bridge. When we got to the skaters, there was no wind.

The guy on the right was just passing by when he saw our banner. He had to get a pic with him holding it. Way to go buddy. We hope to see you out at a future truthaction.