Living on the prairies where the weather is dry and fairly predictable, I had never experienced a real thunderstorm until I visited family members in Winnipeg one summer. The non stop thunder and amazing lightning show was unbelievable to me and almost frightening in its intensity. The amount of rain falling was crazy [...]

As younger parents of four children, we have never had a chance to be alone for a camping/fishing trip. This year our nest finally emptied, and we were able to travel with only our dogs. We are from Saskatchewan, so we have not travelled Manitoba alot. We chose Ricker’s because it was [...]

Wow I was going to Winnipeg for aconference and I always try and find a good fishing spot when ever i travel. So did and internet search and then made some calls and was I impressed! I had to call up six good buddies to tell them to ceck it out. Six of us booked [...]

Launching our raft over the pebbles of the shallow, clear, rushing waters, we begin our exploration of unknown territory. Seven-year-old Ben prefers to swim or wade ahead, navigating us around sandy banks and pointing out the dangers of barely submerged rocks ahead. His older sister takes her paddling responsibility seriously for now. Pulling up on [...]

My husband, son( 15years old) and I had heard that there was a 38km trail around Clear Lake. I decided that it would be different to bike around the trail. We rented the mountain bikes in town, packed our lunch, drinks,bike repair kits, and first aid kit. We started our adventure around 10:30 in the morning. The [...]

One Lonely Fish It all started one early morning. The sun had just started to rise as I coasted our truck out of our campsite. After all, a good morning of fishing doesn’t start by waking the wife by accident. We had gone to Duck Mountain Prov. Park in Saskatchewan but this was [...]

The Rcmp Musical Ride is one of Manitoba’s best kept secrets. I had no concept of what a musical ride was until one hot summer day in July of 2008, when our family visited the Manitoba Stampede in Morris, and witnessed the unforgetable RCMP musical Ride show. Yes the Rodeo was exciting, but we experienced [...]