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OTTAWA TRIP 1961

CANADA - OTTAWA TRIP, July 8 - 22, 1961

SATURDAY, JULY 8: Up at 6:30, bus leaves 9:30, Summer Camp starts, Camp Drum at 6:30, meeting at 9.

SUNDAY, JULY 9: Wake at 5, eat at 7, talk with Burch and Greenburg and do much of nothing and work till 8 and clean things up and bed at 11:30.

MONDAY, JULY 10: Wake at 5:30, eat at 6:30, have fun with AR's and TR's and fire drill and quit at 6 and see "Naked Edge."

TUESDAY, JULY 11: Bivouac and set up and nothing to do.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12: Talk with guards, but still hours of nothing.

THURSDAY, JULY 13: Talk with Tilley about Ordnance and wild party at night.

FRIDAY, JULY 14: Rain and nothing.

SATURDAY, JULY 15: Up at 4 and check mess gear, pack, motor pool, quit at 1, shower, to Alexandria Bay and Ottawa.

SUNDAY, JULY 16: Bus tour of Ottawa and Parliament Buildings and drive back at 7:30.

MONDAY, JULY 17: Look at PX and mess gear, spend lovely eve in library musicing and reading.

TUESDAY, JULY 18: All day on carbine range, pulling targets and telephoning, dinner at Morgia's.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19: Nothing much, and afternoon at library, then "Secret of Monte Cristo," and buy $121 at PX.

THURSDAY, JULY 20: AM at shop, PM talking with Captain and buy tape recorder and evening at library.

FRIDAY, JULY 21: Nothing, and spend evening packing, eat in Officer's Club, lounge in library, bed at 11:30.

SATURDAY, JULY 22: Up at 4:45, loaf around Battalion Hq, back till 9, leave at 11, here at 6, to "Fanny."