Portage People Portage People July 8. 2022 The view from the trail heading south to Portage la Prairie is shockingly different than the last time Karta was put to work for more than just a few kilometres.I had decided against paddling the Assiniboine Diversion. Unsure of exactly how...
Queen’s Gambit Queen’s GambitJuly 7, 2022 My world is ruled by Mother Nature. I go when she says it’s OK. i stop when she says stop. Leaving The Narrows under full sail, Mother Nature had given the green light to get as far as Inpossibly could that day....
Narrow Misses Narrow Misses Lake Manitoba turned out to be chock-a-block full of gems. This beach appeared miraculously out of miles of inundated shoreline sporting only reeds, rushes, and willows.The weatherman in me knows that these skies and heavy sullen heat mean trouble. As beautiful as mid-day...
Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba My first night on Lake Manitoba. I was concerned that the floods and high water that had plagued Southern Manitoba late in the spring would have me scrounging for campsites. Apparently, not quite so …Earlier that afternoon, I had set out from Meadow...
Couriers de No Bro - June 25, 2022 Couriers de No BroJune 25, 2022 The good looking one in the picture is Janet Collins. She has the patience of a saint as she endured a day and a half of me fretting about the weather, packing and...
The Mayor of Salt Point The Mayor of Salt Point July 3, 2022You too would be leery of anyone mysteriously landing on your stoop, wandering around and trying to feed the dog.So it was with the Mayor of Salt Point.Attempting to make Meadow Portage in one day...
Bert vs Bear Bert vs BearJuly 2, 2022 This was my campsite July 2. I was lucky to find one as I was exhausted and worried about the storm cells building in the western horizon. I figured an early start the next morning and a bit of...
Hang a Right Hang a Right June 25th, 2022 The Pas, ManitobaMy Dad was careful to remind me to hang a right shortly after leaving leaving The Pas and heading into Cedar Lake lest I end up Hudson’s Bay.Good advice that. Here’s the sign with the same warning…...
King Solomon King Solomon June 21, 2022June 21st, National Indigenous Day in Canada found us at Solomon Carriere’s lodge. It was a stroke of pure luck that landed us there and nothing short of magic.The evening before, Jan and I were landscaping a campsite on a lumpy...
The Best The Best We all have bad days. Some, of course, worse than others. Some are epic. The stuff of legend.The bad days do not matter. They are for re-telling at birthday parties and barbecues. The good days are the ones that truly count. And any...