It was my frist Winnipeg Folk Festival, I was a bit over dressed, with my overall jeans and hiking boots. When I ran into a univeristy friend, Luke, he told me to “throw on some shorts or something and forget the shoes” which I did and was greatful for the advice seeing as it was [...]

I entered the life of retirement in June with an entensive campimg trip with my wife. Upon return to our home I recieved a call asking if I would take a job running a riverboat for a month. I said sure on one condition that my wife could come along. To my surprize this was [...]

Growing up in Thompson was great and every summer my mother would take us seven kids out to Paint Lake for the entire summer holidays. My dad would stay in town to work but would join us on the weekends. Everyday was an adventure with swimming, fishing, catching frogs, chasing butterflies, etc. The provincial park [...]

When our kids were small, my job took me on a road trip to Dauphin. My husband and I decided to make it a family trip, exploring our own province of MANITOBA. What I most remember was while travelling on Highway #16, was the beautiful landscape in the Minnedosa and Neepawa area. [...]

This is about the time/i was 15 years of age and we had a school exchange with students from Thompson,and how i played hookie to be able to go fishing with the family i was staying with…We had a small boat and it rained all week but god was the fishing good ,i even caught [...]

If I never have another perfect day in my lifetime, I can’t complain. Let me tell you about my perfect moment. For as long as I can remember, I have always been captivated by polar bears. My friends and family all know about this fascination and over the years I have collected and received various [...]

We decided to take as many grandchildren (and their parents) as we could gather to go to Winnipeg to the zoo. The children excitedly led the way and when we got to the bear cage. . .well, the bears were exhibiting some very amorous behavior. “What are they doing?”, we were asked as [...]

I have a unique and wonderful Manitoba moment to share. It took place in the fall of 2003. My husband and I were newly retired and he was asked to run a riverboat for a month.What a wonderful opportunity! Experiencing Manitoba became our first real retirement adventure. The job was interesting, the scenery was great and [...]

Boy, I never expected to be able to see part of Manitoba except form the plane until our plane landed in Winnipeg and we had a layover for hours. My boyfriend and I tok the opportunity to grab a cab and go for a ride and check out the city. It was night [...]

A friend and I were driving through RMNP when we came to a special spot along the highway north of Wasagaming. I said to her, if we were going to see moose, this is where we would see them. Just as I spoke I spotted a moose to the east side of the road. [...]