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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dressing properly for cold weather requires only common sense. Right? Yet look at the folks around you: no gloves, no hat, a bomber jacket, runners, I’m thinking maybe a review wouldn’t hurt. If your outdoor experience is going to be memorable we want it to be so because of the fun, not because of the [...]

Today I met up with 70 like-minded friends from the Prairie Pathfinders to walk the frozen Seine River. It is a significant day for two reasons: one, it is Save our Seine’s 20th anniversary, and two, it’s the Prairie Pathfinders 7th annual Seine River hike. Save our Seine (SOS) is a community based, nonprofit stewardship group [...]