Manitoban weather. What can you say. Unpredictable and sometimes extreme. But we Manitobans, we’re tough. I’ve been all over Canada, but my faveorite trips have been right here in my home province. In particular, not even half an hour from my home! Every year my friends and I look forward to Folk Fest and not [...]

Last winter, a group of my friends organized a winter weekend adventure. We decided to ski into Cairn’s Cabin, a log cabin with a wood stove, loft sleeping and a few windows for light – no electricity and no running water. A few candles were left behind from previous skiiers to shed some light on [...]

A winter memory. Teaching her future husband to drive a car, while in the middle of a winter snowstorm.

My Wife and I decided to spend our first wedding anniversary in none other than one of manitobas gem’s “The Whiteshell”. We arrived at our lake front cabin as the sun was setting down on the majestic waters. We had to drop everything and just look…look and listen. You dont get that anywhere else. That [...]

This summer we took a day trip through the Westman and Parkland Regions of Manitoba, with our final destination the Inglis Grain Elevators, a Provincial and National Historic Site of Canada. It was a beautiful drive along the lush colorful farmlands and through quiet prairie towns. After lunch at the Prairie Grill in Inglis (delicious [...]

We had planned a 3 week road trip from Winnipeg out to Edmonton. Our plan was to take our time and just enjoy whatever came our way. We stoppped to camp in Duck mountain for about 4 days which entailed a tube tour at Assessippi. My youngest daughter Angela, who is the “chart [...]

I spent most of my life in NW Ontario before deciding to try city living in Wpg. I thought I knew this city, and by unreasonable leap, this province. After all, the previous 20 years I had lived in Kenora. I knew nothing. On a bitterly cold winter night, a friend and I, no doubt [...]

Contrary to some reports and information we had, we emjoyed our time in Winnipeg (except for Dr. Hook!).The trip to Chiurchill was quite good – very exciting to see the polar bears up close and personal (as up close and personal as one should get!). My face was actually only inches from [...]

We started out driving towards Bissett to mine for golden pictures. But on the way we spotted what we thought were crows. Lo & behold – these birds had golden beaks & talons – we found eagles! And not just 1 or 2. By the time we were done, we spotted [...]

Opening day of fishing is almost like Christmas to me, and this year was no exception. The morning was cool, almost zero degrees, and my youngest daughter wanted to spend opening day with me. So, we went down to the Red River in Selkirk,at one of my favorite spots. After an hour [...]