You’ve Been Gone A While When… You’ve Been Gone A While When…June 2, 2022The clothes you find on the beach are cleaner and in better shape than the ones on your back. #beachfinds #nolaundry #beenawhile #purplejumpsuit #kainani #canoe #canoeing #voyageur #portage #rivers #lakes #adventure #acrosscanada #greatoutdoors #sourisrivercanoes...
Little House On The On The Prairie Little House On The On The PrairieMay 31, 2022Those that are curious enough to ask are always surprised to know that 1) I have no idea where we are going to end up at the end of the day...
Suddenly Saskatchewan Suddenly SaskatchewanMay 30, 2022It’s hard to imagine the vast, flat expanse of Saskatchewan sneaking up on anything, but there it was. Suddenly Saskatchewan. My home province. The place I grew up in and a place I dearly love. Familiar. Everything familiar.Familiar too is the...
Greg And Roberta to the Rescue Greg And Roberta to the RescueMay 28, 2022Jan seems to have friends in all the right places. Just shy of the Saskatchewan border, Greg, classmate and fellow fisherman, and his wife Roberta, rescue us from a dreary, dehydrating diet of...
Rewards RewardsMay 26, 2022 Living out of a canoe necessitates a simple existence. The rewards of such an existence, however, are not easily measured by any earthly standard.The birds singing you to sleep at night, the coyotes waking you in the morning. The terns endless antics, the...
Club-Footed Club-FootedMay 24, 2022 Kai Nani’s handy spirt sail has been getting a serious workout of late. Serious as in sailing just off the wind in 20+ knot gusts. It makes up for hours of paddling and it’s a joy to watch the shore fly by.For the...
Beached BeachedMay 24, 2022Leaving Victoria Settlement meant looking forward to Buckingham House Fort George, founded by Peter Fidler, the provisioning post of Fort Vermillion, and the Rebellion historical sites of Frog Lake and Cutknife to look forward to. These places, however, would have to wait. Our...
Victoria Settlement Victoria SettlementMay 23, 2022Founded in 1864 as an HBC trading post, Victoria Settlement eventually grew into a bustling community that thrived for nearly 70 years. Today, the original HBC clerk’s quarters, the first structure built at post, is still standing. The building is in...
East Again East AgainMay 22, 2022Leaving Edmonton reprovisioned and re-energized, sights set east and paddling in earnest, I learned it takes about 3 hours to actually exit the city. This bridge, that bridge, the new pedestrian bridges, Peter Pocklington’s old residence, and the new Henday Highway....
Pit Stop Pit StopMay 22, 2022I had planned for a one day pit stop in Edmonton. Here’s the to-do list (no particular order):1. Return broken gear2. Replace poorly performing stove3. Buy more dry bags4. Fix leaking fracture in Jan’s canoe5. Re-weld and repair Karta6. Laundry7. Wash,...