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…
Coleman Alberta
The Destination A weekend tour of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. This particular stop was in the old mining town of Coleman. Map/Route Just ‘Google it’, or plug in Crowsnest Pass into your GPS system. You don’t need anything too fancy to get yourself here. That being said, there are apparently some…
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…
The Jeep Audio System
A lot of people are constantly complaining about the OEM Jeep Wrangler audio system. My particular model of Jeep Wrangler (Altitude Edition) came with a premium Alpine system and includes a sub-woofer in the rear cargo area. This premium audio system is also the subject of a ridiculous number of…
A water crossing to forget
The province of Saskatchewan (along with Manitoba and some parts of Alberta) received some intense rainfall in June of 2014. A lot of roads were closed from “temporary” flooding. On a road trip into Saskatchewan (to Regina), I planned to camp over night at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. My usual…
