GuZoo Animal Experience

The Destination: The GuZoo Animal experience in Three Hills Alberta is a small zoo for a variety of animals. Included are animal rescues, baby animals, and much more. I typically stop in here while exploring Drumheller or Dinosaur Park in Alberta. Map: Three Hills Alberta is a bit of a…

Abraham Lake Alberta

The Destination: The Hwy 11 area just West of Nordegg in Alberta is home to some beautiful scenery – and it lacks the tourists of Banff and Jasper. Although I’ve been in this area before, it’s always worth a return trip at different times of the year to enjoy some…

Being Bear Smart

Being out in sometimes very secluded area often has me wondering about bears intruding on my camp. Night time solitude will play tricks on your mind, when sitting in the darkness and hearing a twig snap will have your mind racing about the possibilities of an 800 pound grizzly bear…

For the birds…

I’m not really a bird person, although growing up, I did think it would be cool to have a hawk as a pet, and I often day dreamed of him flying high above me on my walk to school – swooping down for the occasional morsel of food, or just…

Stuck on Squirrels… or is it a… Gopher?

I come from South-Western Ontario.  We have ground hogs, which are big fat rodents burrowing holes in the ground and driving farmers up the wall by destroying crops and farm land.  Then we have squirrels.  Black ones, grey ones and the occasional red one. Most call them rats with furry…