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12/01/2023

Foodie Friday!
Earlier this week I enjoyed a night of making key lime pie, an event hosted by The Florida Keys & Key West at The Dirty Apron. Some good food and drink (courtesy of Hawks Cay Resort) and plenty of fun making and eating the pies, playing trivia. Thanks to Jerry Grymek and LMA Communications Inc.

11/30/2023

Throwback Thursday! Not TOO much of a throwback, just four years since I took this photo. Salty Scots for everyone on St. Andrew's Day!

11/29/2023

Wild Wednesday: I snapped this photo of a mink spying on me while taking photos of black bears fishing for salmon at the Quinsam River Hatchery, near Campbell River, BC. It snuck up on me to within about three feet before I noticed it and snapped a few quick pix before it ran off on me. It's the second time that's happened to me; a mink snuck up and sat down beside me one time in Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, AB.

11/28/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday: this week, some thoughts from Graham Greene about writers and explorers.

11/21/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday! This week's quote comes from Canada's Bard of the North, Robert W. Service.

11/20/2023

Head for the mountains...

BC's mountain culture is alive and well, on and off the slopes. Dive into fantastic fall lines and mountain culture in these five unique ski towns.

11/15/2023

Turtle Power! This week's Wild Wednesday photo: another wildlife sculpture from the trails around Crawford Lake, near Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

11/14/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday: Sometimes you have to face a few hardships if you want to travel in some wilder places, as this Mary Kingsley quote drives home.

11/10/2023

Feederwatch Friday! It's November, so that means it's the start of another Birds Canada Project season! This week, a look back at a few of the birds who've graced our yard the past several years.

11/09/2023

Throwback Thursday! This cabin goes back to the late 1890s ... Robert W. Service lived in it while working (and writing) in Dawson City, Yukon territory.

11/08/2023

Wild Wednesday! An image of Byrne Creek waters, flowing over rocks in the Burnaby, BC park.

11/07/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday: this week's quote features Louis L'Amour's take on the importance of experiencing the journey rather than focusing on the destination.

11/01/2023

It's a Wild Wednesday! It looks like one of these pigeon guillemots is giving the other one a piece of its mind!
Off the coast of Vancouver Island.

10/31/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday! It's a day when riding a broomstick or a scary steed (like Ichabod Crane's headless horseman) are the most popular ways to travel! Happy Halloween!

10/27/2023

Foodie Friday! What’s not to love about a craft brewpub that has a canoe or two hanging from the ceiling? Visiting the Upper Thames Brewing pub in Woodstock, Ontario last June, I made sure to sample a couple of their brews – Lazy Fox Amber and Logger Lager. And wolfed down their house pizza. 😋😋😋

10/26/2023

: This week's featured photos are throwbacks in that they're all historical sites in Canada - and part of my latest piece for explore. Each one provides unique adventures in its area. &adventure
Read more here: https://ow.ly/zXTz50Q1e8M

10/25/2023

It's a Wild Wednesday! Today, we're "getting our turtle on." Photo taken on one of the trails in Algonquin Provincial Park.

10/24/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday! This week, a quote about those intrepid individuals who wandered through the wilderness during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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10/20/2023

Foodie Friday! Enjoyed some wonderful fish and chips (and rings and slaw!) at Dockside Fish and Chips last month in Campbell River. 😋😋😋

10/19/2023

This week, a sad Throwback Thursday. The Alaska Highway News, published continuously since 1943, is shutting down due, in part, to ad revenues lost to Facebook & Google. I worked there for 8-1/2 years. One of the highlights of my time there was an interview with John Denver.

10/18/2023

This week's Wild Wednesday: wildlife art at Iona Beach Regional Park, BC. This heron is located near a similar piece of art depicting an osprey catching a fish.

10/17/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday! It's all about the books...and planes...and trains...

10/12/2023

Throwback Thursday! Pic taken Oct. 1985, myself & my dad, on the road to the ferry crossing the Athabasca River between Vega & Fort Assiniboine, AB; 1 of the routes used during the Yukon gold rush.

10/11/2023

It's a Wild Wednesday! Featuring a moose this week, as this critter is included in a story about lodges in Ontario where you can enjoy the wild in comfort. https://ow.ly/ZOIz50PVHIo

10/04/2023

It's not only a Wild Wednesday, it's also World Animal Day! Lions, and raccoons and owls, oh my!

10/03/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday: This week, we turn to mystery writer Lawrence Block for thoughts about travelling. Photo taken at Crawford Lake Conservation Area.

09/28/2023

Throwback Thursday! Photo taken during the first week of my first full-time job in media - sports reporter for the Barrhead (Alberta) Leader, May 1984. Showed up to take pix of some donkey baseball.

09/27/2023

Another Wild Wednesday! This week, an image of a grizzly bear, taken on one of the rivers that flows into the Bute Inlet on the Homalco Wildlife & Cultural Tours First Nations' traditional lands.

09/26/2023

It's ! This week, a gem from Philip Glazebrook. Photo taken inside my berth on a converted rice barge in Thailand (2011).

09/24/2023

Happy !

What if there were no more rivers? No place to paddle, fish, nothing to transport goods along, no rivers to drink from? It’s a pretty unappealing thought.

09/13/2023

It's Waterfall Wednesday: Stubbs Falls in Arrowhead Provincial Park, Ontario.

09/12/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday: It's all about and and .

09/06/2023

It's Waterfun Wednesday! Photos published in my latest Explore piece: 5 Ways to Have Fun in the Water on Cape Breton Island.
Read the story here: https://ow.ly/OinP50PI7im

09/05/2023

Travel Quote Tuesdays: Author Pat Conroy's quote describes one of the biggest joys of travel writing.

09/01/2023

Flashback Friday: When I was a youngster, my dad and I would spend the Friday of the Labour Day weekend at the CNE in Toronto every year. It was always a fun day, bittersweet in that it also heralded the end of summer.
Sadly, I have no photos from any of those trips. 🙁
I do have some photos taken at the PNE in Vancouver four years ago, though. Touring around the grounds, taking in some of the exhibits, and feasting on "fair food" did remind me a bit of my childhood days.

08/31/2023

! A rare photo of Yours Truly, taken while canoeing in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia (2000). Putting in to Little River.

08/30/2023

https://twitter.com/BirdPaddler/status/1696905664210096251

It's a ... so it's appropriate to share my piece about a Manitoba marsh, just published today. https://t.co/vbPWFidDhF

08/30/2023

It's a ... so it's appropriate to share my piece about a Manitoba marsh, just published today.

Travel columnist John Geary presents a new adventure for those looking to explore nature and get some exercise in this week's Travel Writers' Tales column

08/29/2023

Travel Quote Tuesday! Like James Michener says, if you don't want to experience travel, stay home!

08/25/2023

It's FlyDay Friday! Focussing on waterfowl found around BC and Alberta with these four photos: , , and .