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By Crannster
October 6th 2008

Tundra Buggies, Northern Lights and sled dogs

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Wapusk National Park

Tundra Buggies
about 60 ft long and 20 ft high. The wheels alone are about 5 feet high. The polar bears can stretch up to the windows with their paws.

Hi Everyone! Dave and I are having a great time in Churchill as we get caught up in the energy of the tourist season of the Polar Bear Capital of the world, Churchill, Manitoba! The Tundra Buggy Lodge is up and running and Dave, Bree (from Australia) and Julie (from Canada) are the people running the show out there with the help of BJ (US). The lodge is a series of portable trailers (on very big wheels!). I've met most of the people who are working for Tundra Buggy Adventures including the family who owns and manages it. Everyone is a [View Full Entry]

By Crannster
September 15th 2008

On The Hudson's Bay

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Wapusk National Park

The curious one
that smells human flesh...mmmmm. This photo says it all. Nature is both beautiful and dangerous. "We ARE part of the food chain up here". Our new Mantra.

Hi Everybody. Our adventure continues! After a brief locum in Sioux Lookout, I head up to Churchill, Manitoba to join Dave and the Frontiers North Adventure crew for the polar bear season! (mainly the months of October and November). Dave has been in Churchill helping prepare the Tundra Buggy Lodge which gets taken out onto the tundra for researchers and tourists to stay at and watch the bears pass by as they await freeze-up of the Hudson's Bay. Once frozen the bears go out onto the ice to hunt their favourite food, seal, after a long 3 months of waking hibernation. [View Full Entry]

By Crannster
September 1st 2008

A Quick Tootle Back Through the Country

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

smoldering remains
of a forest fire just 100 km south of Yellowknife, NWT

Hello! We rocketed out of Yellowknife. We drove 3500 km back to Sioux Lookout, Ontario in 5 days! Whew! Huge waterfalls and herds of bison lined the road as we headed out of the Northwest Territories. A seemingly endless expanse of forest sprawled for the first five hundred miles of Northern Alberta before thinning and flattening out into prairie. The mighty sky of the prairies and millions of heads of wheat welcomed us into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We spent a night in Regina, SK with Karen (thanks Karen, you're the best!) then a couple of nights in Winnipeg with Moe (thanks [View Full Entry]

By Ezzie
August 23rd 2008

Not Exactly Spring…

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

I’m halfway across Canada now, sitting in a campground in Vermilion Bay, Ontario. Up until I crossed the border into Manitoba, kitty and I have had great luck with weather and the roads. A friend told me about the hordes of mosquitoes in this part of the world, but the storms here were a bit of a surprise. Of course hearing today from the owner of the campground in Vermilion Bay that it was the worst storm in years and I was in the middle of it did make me feel a bit less of a wuss. Last night I was [View Full Entry]

By clairebw
August 20th 2008

Bears and bubbles

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

bears

Well turns out the small city of Winnipeg has more than we thought to offer.... So far we've discovered there are over 60 painted concrete cast polar bears, painted in different styles by comunity groups to be spotted. All in the aid of cancer research and lots of fun people (some weirder than others) in our hostel. Also we went to a costume museum that has a library of Vogue magazines dating back to the 1920's and a dress up box, which of course we took photos of. We also had an awesome night out last out with the some skaters [View Full Entry]

By clairebw
August 18th 2008

1390 miles later

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Waiting for the train

Turns out Candian trains are interesting lol!! We have just spent 36 hours on a train form Toronto, Ontario to Winnipeg, Manitoba. which according to google maps and driving would be around 1390 miles, but we took a more diverted route than that. There are three Via rail trains that go across Canada a week a journey that on a good day would take around three days. At the moment though for some reason the Canadian National freight trains (of which there seems to be about one every 3 hours) is using the same track as the passenger trains, who [View Full Entry]

By Chocolatemonkee
July 31st 2008

2008 Tuk Tuk Tour .... In Canada?

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

My son Quincy called me at work the other day. He had caught the tail end of the story on the news that there was a man driving across Canada in a Tuk Tuk! Q couldn't give me any more info and although I thought it would be cool to show the kids what a real Tuk Tuk looks like, I dismissed the idea as it was highly unlikely we would be able to find the guy! The next day I read a brief article in the paper that the Tuk Tuk had come through Winnipeg. Missed a little bit of [View Full Entry]

By lzthompson
July 28th 2008

Flatliners

North America » Canada » Manitoba

Day 5 Ok so i lied, we are on the internet again in another motel. It's just so much easier to stay in a motel on the side of the highway then to find a campsite and set up camp after dark, we figure it's worth the extra 25ish bucks tonight...plus it means another night of free wireless internet from our motel room. (i promised Jesse we would camp the next 3 nights) All the motels lure people in with free internet, or continental breakfast, we get both with our stay tonight at the Redwood inn, in Brandon Manitoba. Brandon is [View Full Entry]

By Chocolatemonkee
July 25th 2008

Scuba Diving

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

Summer seems to be almost done although there is still a month left. The weather in Manitoba has been less than ideal for hitting the beach and our brand new pool has not seen that much use. Both Payton and Quincy are off for Summer vacation and they both seemed okay with not doing a large vacation out west to Alberta or British Columbia this year. Instead we have tried to keep them busy with various activities including trips to Birds Hill Park, Winnipeg Beach and different things around town. Candace and the kids are planning to head to South Dakota [View Full Entry]

By ambersadventure
July 16th 2008

My Final Blog

North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg

So this is it: my last travel blog! Nearly six months later and here I am, sitting at my parents' house in Winnipeg, with nothing more than a few souvenirs, a LOT of photos, and fantastic memories. It's a bit hard to reconcile starting "real life" again after such a phenomenal experience, but I suppose in time I'll be readjusted. Our flight back was fine, although we were stuck at the very back of the plane because I think we were likely the last people to check in (by a considerable margin, too!) The plane also held the world's loudest baby, [View Full Entry]

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