Parks Canada is in a party mood. This year marks the 125th Birthday of our first national park – Banff – and the Centennial of Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service. Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP), Travel Manitoba and the Province of Manitoba decided a celebration was in order, and so, on August [...]

I have a history with the west side of Lake Winnipeg. As a punk, my parents packed me off every summer to a spot north of Gimli called Camp Morton. The memories are still fresh in my mind – like sneaking out after curfew, stumbling barefoot down to the beach in the dark and other such [...]

Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg made it “Around the World in 80 Days” so it would seem logical (if you’re to believe a fictional character), that new-world adventurers should be able to circumnavigate Manitoba in 5 days. Phileas’ mode of travel in 1872 was rail and steamboat. In 2010, the Prairie Pathfinders Walking [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival was bang-on this year, wasn’t it? I have a funny vision of diehard fans lovingly folding their tie-dye muscle shirts and too-short, short-shorts and storing them at the back of the closet until next year. Why, I’m even contemplating shaving my legs. It’s always hard to say goodbye. But never fear, [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival takes place every summer around the second weekend in July at Birds Hill Provincial Park, 25 kms north of Winnipeg on Highway 59. The weekend is sacred in my household, and yes, I was there this year with the usual gang of suspects. I did a quick headcount and just about everyone [...]

Mountains are easy. So is the ocean. Anyone can just step out of the car and there they are. Beautiful. However, when you’re on the prairies and exploring Manitoba, that Kodak Moment may require a little more effort on your part and you might even have to get down and dirty. But it’s worth the [...]

I was up before the birds Friday and my ride would be arriving soon. I didn’t have to wait for my alarm to sound, a wicked thunderstorm was right on top of me and the ka-boom could have woken the dead. One strike was so close I peeked between the venetian blinds just to make [...]

There is nothing more exciting than a Canadian adventure to a place where you have no previous experience. And, when that adventure combines thrill, opportunities to share with others, and new photography and video of wild nature in Manitoba, then I am “all over it”. Such an opportunity became possible recently as part of a [...]

Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of trekking to wonderful destinations all over Manitoba with a group of walkers called the Prairie Pathfinders. Usually these sojourns focus on hiking: many, many kilometres of hiking. It figures then, that just when you think you know the formula, the co-founders of the Prairie Pathfinders mix it [...]

Three days ago, I boarded a charter aircraft with 33 guests and complete intentions to blog and share each moment with you as we went along.  Armed with  my favourite camera, laptop and rumours of cell service finally arriving in Churchill (it turned out to be true!) it only took about 3 minutes after touching down [...]