Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Camping Kids

Camping Conference Call

I’m on holidays but called in to a meeting for a nonprofit organization since I’m on its Board of Directors and we had a lot to discuss. This is a photo of me on the call that Shea snapped which is perhaps the funniest picture of me “working” that you’ll ever find! 🙂

Camping Anniversary

One year ago today, I stupidly went off a bike jump on a kid’s bike and my not insubstantial adult girth crashed down breaking my wrist, necessitating surgery, and putting a big crimp in the midst of a ten day camping vacation. During our current trip, I’ve suffered a bent-back fingernail, a true redneck sunburn, […]

Camping Midnight View

Camping Crafts

Camping Sunset

Gone Camping – “I Googled My Symptoms”

Flooded Campsite

When we got to Nickle Lake Regional Park last Friday, we could see that there’d been a big downpour and there was a lot of standing water in some of the lower lying areas of the campground. When we got to our site, there was a bit of water in our site but nothing major […]

Music Monday – “Raising hell with the hippies and the cowboys/They don’t care about no trends/They don’t care about songs that sell”

When we’re camping in Weyburn I can’t help but think how I’m basically the hippie surrounded by a big herd of cowboys. But the point of this song stands – people who seem to be opposites can still get along if they see their commonality in defining their own tastes without giving in to trends […]

(Belated) Music Monday – “He’s acting tough and taking names/And shuttin’ us down/But at least we got something to talk about/When Monday rolls around”

Or if you prefer a version without drunk riggers singing along… “Oil Patch Town” – Chris Knight