Since it’s the summer, I’m on the road for summer vacation more and more.  This is going to be one of those “non-Disney” posts.  This past weekend, my family and I spent the weekend in Ottawa, Ontario supporting our U.S. Women’s Soccer Team as they played China in the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup.

One of things that is nice about Ottawa, for my family, is Ottawa is only a five-hour drive from our family’s house in New York.  The game, on Friday, did not start until 7:30 pm so this allowed us to wake up at our usual time before hitting the road for Ottawa.  Also, in the summer, it is a very easy drive as we could stay on highways on the entire time (an important thing when travelling with children).  There are other “faster” to get there but one way involves cutting up near Adirondack State Park and, as a result, does not have many good places to stop.  The other way involves going up to Plattsburgh and across the top of New York State.  Since that way took us through the area where the ongoing manhunt for an escaped prisoner, we decided to staying on the highways.

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