Nuts on a stick. A day in Jasper
byNuts on a stick. A day in Jasper A couple weekends ago my friend Dave, his dog Simon, and I headed to Jasper to…
Canada
My home, 152 years young.
Jet lagged
byAlright, sorry for the lack of posts. I have just returned from a trip that took me across the continent… twice…so back off. In…
New Years eve
bySo after making an “appearance” in Yellowknife, we were off to Edmonton for some New Years eve festivities. First we met up with my newly…
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…
My after Christmas, Christmas
byAs per my last post, Christmas for me was far from exciting. Thankfully Erin came to visit, and even better, she came bearing gifts….
Merry Christmas?
byWith little planned and even less to do over Christmas, I decided to make the most of my free time away from work and…
Visiting Frank’s Slide
byVisiting Frank’s Slide Last week I was working in southern Alberta and stayed in Waterton Park which is a ghost town mid-week in the…
Shaun lives out a boyhood dream – Court side Celtics
byShaun lives out a boyhood dream – Court side Celtics Leaving a stressful couple weeks at work behind, I now had all day Thursday…
Kathy And Jason Fidler
byThe Wedding was held at a ski hill on Edmonton’s south side and was short and sweet. A little too short as there was…
Kathy And Jason’s wedding…almost
byThere was still too much booze to drink so we had a stag round #2. Those who were in town came by to take…
Fiddler’s Stag
byWith little time to recover from my rather exhausting/rather fun weekend (Did I mention I went straight to work after driving through the night…
My Exhausting Thanksgiving Weekend
byI gotta say, for a long weekend I sure packed a lot in. Not one but two Thanksgiving dinners, a cousins wedding, intense mini…
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…
September Long in TO
bySo I am a little behind on my updates. It’s not from lack of things going on in my regular day to day, I…
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…
Eating our way across the globe
byEating Our Way Across the Globe When I was traveling people often asked me what it was like living in Edmonton to which I…
Shaun completes a project, hell does not freeze over.
byGood God that was a lot of work. I seriously think I took 10 years off my back. Never the less, it is done…
Vegas to home reno’s
byIt’s some what sad that my post’s have gone from cool trips to home reno’s but that’s how it goes when the funds are…
O’Canada Day
byAh Canada day. The day that Canada gave Canadians beer and thus happiness to all its people. Erin, Justin and Allison were all in…
Concrete
byMy back is killing me. A weekend of jack hammering 8 inches on concrete is literally back breaking work. So as you can see,…
How To Make the Most Out of a Bad Travel Situation
byHow To Make the Most Out of a Bad Situation On the way to the Dominican I had a lay over in Toronto where…
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…