It had been two long days filled with unruly weather at the Big Whiteshell campground and my spirits were beginning to dampen. I had taken in the sights, tried my luck fishing, and even seen a show on flying squirrels that the campground offered but as much fun as these things had been, they [...]

I arrived in Winnipeg on August 22nd, 2008 to meet my boyfriend Damien, who lives in Winnipeg. I have never been to Canada, and he was awesome at showing me all the beautiful places around there. On the Sunday we headed to Grand Beach. Let me tell you – that was a fun trip. The place [...]

For me, the perfect meal always has to do with freshest produce from the garden or a farmer’s market. In a Manitoba summer, the natural resources are abundant and always on hand. Mom and I started to ‘make’ supper at about 2pm. We decided on pickeral, and hopped in the car to drive to a lake [...]

My two friends and I were just finishing an awesome weekend of fishing and relaxing at Black Lake. The rods were in the water and fishing had been good. As we decided to do one more drift between the two islands that we were fishing I noticed movement on the shore. Out of the woods [...]

My boyfriend and I went on a camping trip to the Porcupine Provincial Forest and stayed at North Steep Rock, approx. 160 km south of The Pas. We are from Wpg and I love looking up at the stars, where you pick out the Big Dipper and Little Dipper. At North Steep Rock camping [...]

It was summer of 1988 and our 4 sons were ages 8 to 13 years of age (blended family). We all loved to camp and fish. As we were setting up the camp area we knew a storm was coming and rushed to put up the dining tent so that the 6 of us could [...]

I headed up from the States to spend a couple of days at the beach with a canadian lady that I have fallen deaply  in love with.  It was a beauful sunny day when we arrived.  We decided that it would be best if we camped in a tent for the night instead of heading [...]

I have to tell you that some of my fondest memories include our yearly trips to Clear Lake and the beautiful Park and it’s gorgeous lakes. I have been coming here since I was a little girl, then with my parents and brother. And then my husband and I chose to pass this amazing tradition [...]

On Friday afternoon our family decided to go to Manipogo Park. When we got there, we unpacked and just sat around enjoying the fire and scenery. The next day, my 8 year old daughter and her friend went swimming. They wanted to find the Manipogo monster. They searched, and they searched but they still [...]

Yes. Winnipeg and Manitoba have so much to offer in the summer that you can experience something completely different on any given week. This summer was my first time at the Folk Festival. Yes, I went to THE Folk Festival and got to hear music that that I had never experienced before in [...]