Checklist: 30 Ottawa things you still have to do before summer's over

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It’s August. Already.  Here’s what you still need to get done before September:

 1. 
Go see
[
 Mosaika
](http://www.ottawastart.com/story/14516.php)
and/or do
[
 yoga
](http://ottawastart.com/awesome-ottawa-yoga-on-parliament-hill/)
on Parliament Hill.

 2. 
Ride your bike on a parkway during
[
 Alcatel Sunday Bikedays
](http://ottawastart.com/story/13952.php)
.

 3. 
Have another beer on
[
 another patio
](http://www.foodieprints.com/?amount=0&blogid=1&query=patio)
.

 4. 
Buy fresh food at a local
[
 farmers' market
](http://ottawastart.com/food-markets.php)
.

 5. 
Take a road trip to Almonte or Merrickville or Perth or Wakefield or even Cornwall.

 6. 
Listen to some music at an
[
 outdoor music festival
](http://ottawastart.com/festivals.php)
.

 7. 
Go to an
[
 electronic music festival
](http://couchassassin.com/event/picknik-electronik-electro-music-festival)
.

 8. 
Go to a food festival, like
[
 garlic
](http://www.perthgarlicfestival.com/)
or
[
 cheese curds
](http://www.curdfestival.com/)
or
[
 ice cream
](http://ottawastart.com/story/14490.php)
.

 9. 
Watch some theatre in a park from
[
 A Company of Fools
](http://fools.ca/)
or
[
 Odyssey Theatre
](http://www.odysseytheatre.ca/)
.

 10. 
[
 Go to the fair.
](http://ottawastart.com/fairs.php)

 11. 
Take in a
[
 Fat Cats baseball game
](http://ottawafatcats.com/en/)
.

 12. 
[
 Skateboard.
](http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/parks_recreation/seasonal/ss/skateboard_parks/index_en.html)

 13. 
Go
[
 ghost hunting
](http://www.ghosttownpix.com/ontario/regions/indexeast.html)
or take a
[
 haunted walk
](http://www.hauntedwalk.com/)
.

 14. 
Go see Caravaggio at the
[
 National Gallery
](http://www.gallery.ca/en/)
.

 15. 
Walk around and
[
 admire Ottawa's street art
](http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/data/2/rec_docs/7115_P-019-07_StreetsmArt.pdf)
.

 16. 
[
 Explore a cave.
](http://www.bonnecherecaves.com/)

 17. 
Eat some french fries from a
[
 chip truck
](http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100730/OTT_Chip_Truck_Say_100730/20100730/?hub=OttawaHome)
.

 18. 
Take a photo of a gorgeous
[
 sunset
](http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ottawa+sunset)
.

 19. 
Go to a
[
 drive-in movie
](http://ottawastart.com/movies.php)
.  There's one in Gatineau and one near Perth.

 20. 
Walk through the grounds at
[
 Rideau Hall
](http://www.gg.ca/)
.

 21. 
[
 Rent a paddleboat at Dow's Lake.
](http://www.dowslake.com/)

 22. 
Watch a movie
[
 in a park in Centretown
](http://ottawastart.com/story/13990.php)
.

 23. 
Play
[
 mini-golf.
](http://ottawastart.com/golf.php)

 24. 
Take your dog for a run at
[
 Lemieux Island
](http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=lemieux+island)
.

 25. 
Take a hike in the
[
 Greenbelt
](http://ottawastart.com/greenbelt.php)
.

 26. 
Go to a
[
 water park
](http://ottawastart.com/swimming.php)
.  Calypso or Mont Cascades.

 27. 
See some
[
 fireworks
](http://ottawastart.com/fireworks.php)
at Lac Leamy.

 28. 
Go to a
[
 beach
](http://ottawastart.com/swimming.php)
in the Gatineaus.

 29. 
[
 Bike down that really steep hill behind Major's Hill Park.
](http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=12447)

 30. 
Sit around the
[
 campfire
](http://ottawastart.com/story/14659.php)
.

Two more:

31. Test drive an expensive car you can’t afford.

32. Invite your neighbours over for a bbq.

Add your summer checklist to the comments below.

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** See also: ** Ottawa Tourism Guide

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