Trip Planning
Let's say you are planning to canoe a river in northern Canada or Alaska. A trip guide, which you got…
We all want to get out there and start having fun. But a little bit of trip planning can really help…
We've had conversations about my neck surgery. More slicings are probably on the distant horizon, but…
Yes, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everyone's yard has something in it that flashes,…
Wisdom can sometimes be found in some of the strangest places. Recently we made a trip to Key West for a…
Well, it's over. Football season I mean. It's a sad thing for sure. So now, what will I do with my free…
For me, 2011 will be the year of "why not" as opposed to the year of "why". Case in point: We've been…
Florida is an angler's paradise. Let's review why: Coastline - 1,197 Statute MilesTidal Shoreline -…
2009 marks the 100th anniversary of Quetico Provincial Park. Its creation in 1909 was a reaction to an…
Philip Edward Island is just south of Killarney Park in Ontario Canada and is another proposed extension…
The Blue Lake region in Ontario has an addictive quality to it - that's for sure. All the staff working…
Some years ago, a man called to chat with me about a canoe trip in Canada that I was leading for the…
OK, so you've made many successful trips into the Boundary Waters and Quetico. You've never been lost -…
I figure I've guided around 80 canoe trips in Canada and Alaska. Personal injuries? Just one: a man…
It's your first trip down a wild Canadian river. You expect big rapids, large lakes and long portages.…
I once asked the late Verlen Kruger what he valued most on a wilderness canoe trip. "My comfort!" he…
Woodland Caribou Provincial Park is being called "the new Quetico" by many of its visitors. If you think…
Outdoor recreation and an economic recession go together like Baileys Irish Cream and your morning camp…
If you place me in the most grueling, bug infested portage in northern Ontario I'm mostly at peace with…
The bush pilot scheduled to pick us up on the last day of our remote northern canoe trip was arrested…
Image you are outdoors with your family or friends – and your kids – when you realize that a child has…
Like a hooked marlin, twisting and trashing as it explodes through the frothy ocean surface trying…
It was the schoolyard bully that initiated our family canoe trip across Algonquin. My daughter's arch…
Deep in the heart of North America, surrounded by forest and field, there is an ocean. A vast inland…