Get Your Butt to Ottawa

Posted on February 27, 2008 
Filed Under Moving to Ottawa, Valerie Zinger

Have you been considering a move to Ottawa.  Well, now is the time to get your ___ to Ottawa. 

Musical RideOne of my favourite things about Ottawa is the accessibility of the RCMP stables where the horses of the Musical Ride are kept.  

You can tour the stables, see the horses, visit the tack shop, and generally get a good dose of ……. national pride. The RCMP website    has information about the Ride and the formations:  ”Months of training, practice and many kilometres/miles around the riding school make horse and rider one. The horses must not only appear in the Musical Ride, but on Parliament Hill, in parades, special events and have the ability to travel and adapt to different environments, not to mention, hours of petting and photo-taking that the horses must patiently endure.”map-to-the-rsmp-stables.jpg 

I know I would not be too happy if someone took a picture of my backside. 

When you live in Ottawa people come to visit and you get to be the tour guide.  After many times of seeing the same thing, I now drive my friends by the stables and the yard.  We get out, we pat a horse (if it comes to the fence), we take a picture and voila - the musical ride revisited.  To get to the stables, the RCMP site provided this simple map. 

If you would like a different kind of ride around Ottawa to look at homes not horses call me today.

Photo credit:  Riders on the Hill  by:http://flickr.com/photos/nikkis_pikkis/1096203786/in/photostream/

Valerie Zinger ~ Ph. 613-723-5300 ~ email:  vzinger@royallepage.ca

 

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