MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008

Exploring Ottawa the Wrong Way

Saturday morning was our load in day. We had to get the craft to the designated area and finish assembling it by end of day. A few hours into construction it started to rain heavily and was ordered to halt because of lighting near by.

Since the truck had to be returned on Saturday, we decided to return the truck and go for lunch while it was still raining. I grabbed my phone and loaded up google maps to find out where we needed to go. I hopped into the cab of the truck with Ryan T. and the rest of the staff followed in a different vehicle.

We were almost there when we realized we needed diesel. No problem I said as I did a quick search for gas stations around the area. I directed Ryan down Gladstone and bank street only to find petrol and no diesel. We decided to separate the convoy and meet up at the car rental place as Ryan and I looked for a diesel station.

We ventured all around downtown looking for a gas station that sold diesel.

We headed back on the highway to look in more rural areas of Ottawa that might sell diesel. We were going to call it quits if we couldn't find a diesel station in the next ten minutes. After being on hold for over a 1/2 hour with the car rental company we found a diesel station!

A text message comes through from the guys that were waiting at the car rental shop, You have to return it to the airport it says. Great, so we alter the directions and head for the airport. We arrive after driving around a couple times not able to find a spot to park this 1 ton truck. The parkade ceiling height was a few feet too short to fit the truck into the drop off area so we parked it on the side. Two car rental employees walk out and tell us "You can't return the truck here, it has to go to our other location" which then we promptly responded "It's your problem now". We were done playing find the right drop off location.

I did get to see a bit of the airport, downtown Ottawa and some of the city parks. I guess this adventure wasn't all that bad.

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