Having returned to Winnipeg after 15 years, somehow my huband envisioned time would stay still, or should I say frozen like the winter. We found it only stays still where you hang your hat, and thank goodness for summer. He felt some disappointment finding that his favourite Winnipeg deli and rye bread did not taste [...]

This summer we decided to park the camper and leavie it in one spot, it was finally decied to park it at a friends cabin. We knew we would be roughing it with Hydro or running water but decided to take our chances. Are we ever glad we did! We had [...]

We were on a family holiday driving from Ontario to BC and flying back again. We stayed in a little cabin in northern Ontario in June. The flying insects were so plentiful that they blackened out the sun! We hurryed and packed up our trunk and set out to get away from the ferocious bugs. [...]

Family & Friends, This summer we enjoyed a very interesting weekend with the grandkids, right here in sunny Manitoba, and it involved helping to uncover the fossilized bones of ancient creatures. This adventure turned into an unexpected and exciting opportunity, and has resulted in what will be a lifetime memory for all [...]

Someone tired after a wonderful day watching polar bears at close range on the tundra, I was fast asleep in my cozy single bed at Seal River Lodge, on a Churchill Wild trip. The exercise of walking in deep snow – and we Brits are not used to such cold! – by the Hudson Bay [...]

We took off from the Winnipeg airport at around 6:30 a.m. in the dark: my Aunt Mary from Georgia and me, Jean from Minnesota. We each took window seats as we did not want to miss anything. It was dark but we could see lights of Winnipeg as we took off and headed north. Then [...]

Here’s an unknown secret in Manitoba; how to have lunch with polar bears? the place is seal river lodge in Churchill run by Churchill Wild, we had lovely homemade bread with Caribou & wild cranberry cake. It smelt so good that even the polar bears came to investigate & there we were eating in the dining [...]

A Walk in the Woods It was Thanksgiving weekend, a cold rainy weekend, following several days of magnificent warm, fall sunshine. The forecast was promising snow. Riding Mountain National Park was our destination; during the drive, we tried to convince ourselves that the forecast didn’t really matter; we had hiked in winter weather [...]