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Local Big (Part Two): Kielbasa
A couple weeks ago as I was getting ready for my summer posting schedule, I wrote about the local “world’s biggest” attractions that are dotted all around the rural countryside near where we live. As it happens, we took the scenic route home from a weekend camping trip, driving for two an a half hours
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A Reprieve by Rain
It was raining this morning when I woke up, the light, almost inaudible patter of drops hitting the windows and roof, creeping into my zone of awareness as I lay in bed contemplating starting my day. The rain is oh-so welcome this morning, in the wake of a week-long heat wave that baked the city
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Local Big
In merely one week I’m going to be packing up that little black truck in the background of this photo and driving north with a cargo of camping gear to spend some quality time in the Alberta wilderness. (No) thanks to the pandemic it’s been two years since I’ve slept in a tent, and coincidentally
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The Mystery of Big Island (Part Two)
Almost three months ago to this day, readers, I introduced you to a local puzzle that I was hoping to solve. Big Island, to catch you up, is a modest chunk of river valley wilderness with a backstory that both intrigued the explorer in me and piqued the curious pathfinder that lives in the uncaged
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Local Wayfinding
We often joke with the running crew that among the group a few of us seem to have GPS chips in our brains: we’re really good at find routes and getting un-lost. But for those less gifted in the skillful navigation of unmarked paths, finding one’s way through the trails and wild spaces of the