7 Aurora Facts You Should Know Before You Go and See the Northern Lights
byThe Northern Lights are a natural phenomena that have been dazzling people since the earliest times. Viewing these breathtaking displays of lights should be…
Northwest Territories
5 Reasons to Visit Yellowknife in the Fall
byWhen a visitors centre member says “ don’t visit in the fall,” you know something isn’t right. That is what I was told on…
Dark Cloud.
byNormally I would jump at the opportunity to go fishing in the east arm of Great Slave Lake. When the opportunity came up this…
Can’t catch a break…
byAfter working all week in the north I decided to stick around for a quite and relaxing visit with my mom and brother. Having…
I think this is what I did?
byPosting without having pictures to reference is a lot harder than one would think. Personally this shouldn’t be a shock, I have a hard…
Planes, Trains, and l’automobiles
byOK, so when I said 2008 would see me travel much less was a farce. I’m not sure if I fooled anyone with that…
A Celebrity in my home town
byOur short visit in YK wasn’t all ptarmigans and roast beef. We headed out for an open mic night where I played a couple…
A tourist in my home town
byIce roads and pink sunsets. Definitely a northern sight that loses its luster when you have grown up there. Sparked by the ridiculous documentary…
The north #2
byI was able to swing going to Yellowknife a day early so I could go fishing with my brother. Let me just say, fishing…
Pingos, Inukshuks and Bears – A visit North of 60
byPingos, Inukshuks and Bears – visit North of 60 My second visit North of 60 got me as far up as Holmen which is…
Wha’ti Falls
byWha’ti Falls Again, one perk of my job is the ability to travel to some pretty different places. The downside of that is being…
The Red Rocket Express
bySo my brother let me post a drunk video of him with the promise that I would post a cool video of him and…
Shaun inadvertently joins the Polar Bear swim club
byShaun inadvertently joins the Polar Bear swim club I headed up to Yellowknife last weekend to surprise ma for mothers day and go…
The Great Northern Canadian Meatloaf Cook-off
byWhat’s more manly than meatloaf? How about meatloaf at -40…..outside of course. I was in Yellowknife working and had made the mistake of mentioning…
YK Food Drive
byYK Food Drive Sticking with the theme of the season, we spent our time in YK eating. The first day was highlighted (for me…
Canadian Soil
byCanadian Soil So Jon and I arrived back a little ahead of schedule. We were able to get on an earlier flight out of…