Twenty-six hours?
This is the story of an ill thought-out road trip from Winnipeg to Seattle and back over the course of Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 through…
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Road trip . . . to the Fringe Festival
It’s the last Friday night of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and it begins with Facebook.com. I decide that because today is the first day I…
Sit back and enjoy the ride
Since I was a kid, I’ve always looked forward to summer because it means one thing in my family: road trips. I’m not picky: a…
The snow and weed tour
I t was past midnight, the sky black and the road obscured by heavy white snowflakes that seemed to come not only from above but…
Spontaneity and The Open Road
T here are several immutable laws of the universe: conservation of mass, the speed of light, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principal . . . but perhaps the…
Breaking Down the Road Trip Mix Tape
T he headlights caught the moose around midnight, just as we sped around a turn on the highway. All we saw were massive, yawning antlers…
The Art of Road tripping
T here is an art to road tripping that is both gritty and glamorous. Requiring a willingness to embrace the unknown and forego comfort, road…
Just another day at the beach
In the shadow of what could very well be North America’s largest oil disaster — certainly constituting much more than a spill — a look…
Hydro’s green wash shows signs of fading
Hydroelectric power is generally promoted as a renewable, green source of energy. In Manitoba, hydroelectricity provides for the bulk of our energy needs and acts…
Carnival food
What’s faster than fast food, twice the price and triple the calories? If you guessed carnival food, you are correct. Strolling through the midway amid…