http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Manitoba en-us Thu, 03 Dec 09 18:27:18 +0000 Thu, 03 Dec 09 18:27:18 +0000 Hey guys.On November 21st we dismantled our camp and hauled it to Cape Churchill in Wapusk National Park. The 30 km drive took about 5 hours as we trundled across the seemingly endless expanse of nothingness that sprawls its way all around Hudson Bay. Enroute we lost a wheel from the Freezer trailer so we just left it there and continued without it otherwise we'd have ended up at the Cape at mid http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Wapusk-National-Park/blog-455694.html Hey guys During the last week or so we have seen our fair share of arctic wildlife. We even had a wolverine run by our camp. We often get woken up at night when bears bang on the side of the lodge trying to get in to the delicious garbage room The foxes and hares are in their full winter coats and they look superb. The temps are still relatively mild and the sea has thawed back out leaving the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-449697.html Greetings from a rainy Churchill All the ice has gone again The temperature rose and melted it all so the bears are happy just to sit tight and wait a bit longer.. I was talking to a guy from Manitoba Conservation as well as a couple of the Parks Canada guides and they were saying that a lot of the bears this year are still down close to the ManitobaOntario border and that they still have a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-447547.html Ontario is freakin' huge.What a difference a day makes. First of all we actually got to sleep in today. What a relief that was since each of the two previous nights I only got a few hours. Combine that with the marathon drive to TBay the day before and I was dead tired. Sleeping in 'til 9 was a fantastic fix for that.As we hit the road the sun came out melting the ice patches which formed on th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Winnipeg/blog-447398.html During her trip Ro is spending a week at each farm she visits and about a month in each province. We figured that we could just about fit 2 provinces and 3 farms into my trip Poplar Glen being the first farm in Manitoba Ontario will be next. I guess I was a little apprehensive about this whole WWOOFing thing you turn up at a lonely bus stop are picked up by a total stranger and taken to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Dauphin/blog-446791.html Hey Guys.More and more bears are moving through the area every day and they are getting hungrier as well as more curious We have had a couple of big male bears trying to bite their way in. Tearing away at the underside of the lodge and ripping off panels and fittings We now have Buggy 1 up and running and on the tundra Buggy 1 is operated by Polar Bears International and is used for research an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-446382.html A guy who was staying at the hostel gave me a lift to Edmonton which is the capital of Alberta. I spent the weekend here went to the cinema a couple of times and attended a concert by virtuoso classical guitarist Remi Boucher which was pretty amazing.But was aware that I could go to the cinema at home and wasn't really justifying the trip. This sense of becoming slightly directionless and 'lo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Winnipeg/blog-446355.html Hey guysI thought I would try and update the blog fairly frequently as there are many bears around and I am sure you would all like to see some of the actionWinter has arrived... We had our first winter storm and the land and lakes are now frozen in time. There is actually seaice forming around the shoreline something we don't normally see until very late October or early November I have m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-445046.html Not content with a 17 hour marathon journey yesterday and clearly missing Winnipeg airport already Chris Ro and I headed back there shortly before 9am on Tuesday in search of a Greyhound. A very friendly and helpful man behind the counter relieved Ro and myself of 52 apiece in exchange for a 5 hour road trip to Grandview Manitoba.Five hours sounds like a long time but when you have years o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Dauphin/blog-444214.html Having arrived from Stockholm on Friday evening I thought I had plenty of time to organise myself for my longawaited holiday. Not so. I turned up at the Heythorp Street Hotel late on Friday evening where Sarah had very kindly agreed to put me up at short notice. We spent several hours gossiping before I headed to my own spare room for a kip a strange feeling but a very comfy bed Saturday w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Winnipeg/blog-444211.html Hey guys. The highlight of the week this week was during a trip to the dump It's not uncommon to see a big dirty polar bear rummaging through the food scraps at the town dump but I was super excited to see a wolverine He or she was all straggly gnarly and grumpy looking and although the backdrop of plastic garbage bags and piles of Pampers wasn't visually inspiring it was a very powerfu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-442484.html Oh my The trip from Winnipeg to Thompson Manitoba seemed the longest. We left Winnipeg after 1 PM lol Nat had one visit left to do. The trip just seemed endless lol and as usual we got to Thompson late around 10 PM. We ended having to go to The Mystery Lake Hotel. There were no rooms at the motel next to Nat's mom's and no disability units. There's stairs lol Nat had a great visit with her fa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/The-Pas/blog-439984.html Hi folksThe north wind has been howling for a couple of days now. It is starting to feel like fall but somehow the temperatures are struggling to get below freezing Not that I mind as I have a lot of work to do out on the tundra I could do with a couple more weeks of warm Relative for the time of year weather. Our mobile lodge has been hauled out to the wild and barren windswept and bleak http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-438955.html We got to Winnipeg late LOL As usual. We drove around looking for a motel as usual lol. We ended up finding The Capri. We had to pay 50 deposit because it's a weekly monthly place and we were only staying 2 days.Nat had a wonderful time visiting family. I found a resturant that served a buffet for lunch Aalto it had excellent salads and fruit. So I had soup and salad with lots of fruit. Nat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Winnipeg/blog-438064.html Cause therersquos no road that aint a hard road to travel on...The first leg of the trip is complete I spent two days on the TransCanada and I am now in sunny southern Manitoba. I am sitting at a picnic table in the baking hot sun beside my campervan home watching Moxie sleep in the shade and realized I should post an update.The roadtrip out here was to use my most favorite word fantastic http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Morden/blog-435485.html Hi there blogmeistersTheresa and I have had a fun week up in Churchill... We dined in Churchill's finest restaurants all two of them and took a couple of very colourful and scenic drives along the coast. One highlight was having a polar bear run across the main street in town when we were out walking Just a nice reminder that you could be killed and eaten at any time by Nanuq I had to fly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-434671.html Woke up early to rain and thunder....able to get back to sleep thank goodnessAnother bright and sunny and hot day today great day for driving. Started talking to my neighbour and discovered he is from Guelph Small world. He is still traveling and heading into the states before he heads back to Guelph. Packed up and back on the road. Spent the morning wondering around Saskatoon. Another b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/blog-434459.html Hi there.The bears have been putting on quite the show in the last few days as we have seen two different bears eating two different caribou carcasses I am guessing that the wolves killed the caribous as we saw their tracks nearby. As the bears have been picking away at carcasses I have been picking blueberries and other wild berries. It takes a while to pick any quantity so its usually just pi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-432059.html Greetings to you all.The Beluga whales have been frolicking in the river mouth for the last couple of months and are now migrating out of the river and out of the Hudson Bay. I think it is time to share with you some of these magic moments I have spent with these magnificent mammals. From the Zodiac they are wonderful but from a kayak they are even more amazing. I love when they swim under the k http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-430946.html All is well here in on the fringe of the Arctic.We have had our first frost of the season only 4 weeks since the last frost of spring so fall is on it's way However we are experiencing an Indian summer as the temps are now on the rise for the next few days. The good weather has caused a flurry of activity in the Tundra Buggy shop. We can finally do some of our work out side There are still a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/Churchill/blog-430615.html