a winter excursion in nordegg alberta

Nordegg Winter Excursion

I had a four-day trip planned into the “Winter Wonderland” area of Nordegg, Alberta, but shortened it down to just a couple of days – the roads I was planning to be on were closed to heavy snow and ongoing storms – and with a prior engagement on my last…

Winter Camping with the Jeep

I’ve been pacing the floors far too often this winter. Eager to get out and enjoy being surrounded by nothing but the wilderness, and when weekend weather reports were calling for +9C and a low of only +4C, I thought that it would be a great time to get out…

Winter Sun Rise over Abraham Lake

On my first camping trip out for the 2015 season, I decided to try a GoPro capture of a sunrise in the mountains. I took 1 second intervals for this time-lapse sunrise over Lake Abraham in Alberta. The video was assembled in the GoPro studio software. To help line up…

vagabondexpedition is back in alberta for part of the winter and we stop into McLean Creek to have a look around.

McLean Creek Recce

Days after being in Alberta, I’m back out exploring and we’re heading on a day trip into McLean Creek. It’s still early winter (I’m writing this on November 30th) and there isn’t a lot of snow in this part of the province yet. There are some cold temperatures and, of…

It's a Jeep Thing

It’s a Jeep Thing…

You probably have heard, or have even used the phrase “It’s a Jeep Thing (you wouldn’t understand)”. But what exactly does that mean? What is a “Jeep Thing?” Well, that “Jeep Thing” often means something different to each person you ask, and really could be a combination of any one…