Convincing people to pay for environmental sustainability sometimes takes a story. Ellis Bird Farm(EBF), one of central Alberta’s best (and free) attractions discovered bird brains can sway corporate thinking with the right tale. This story’s heroine is Amelia, two ounces of determined purple martin living in one of the farm’s … Read More
Last Chances in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains
"Is it called Last Chance Saloon because of the building or the people who visit it?" quipped my travel companion as we pulled into the parking lot of a small wooden … Read More
Port Renfrew – Tall Tree Capital of Canada
Few things are worth more dead than alive – perhaps that tick crawling up your leg, or an E.coli bacteria that ruins an entire lettuce crop – but Port Renfrew, … Read More
Where the wild things are
Have you ever wanted to see a wild grizzly bear? How about a dozen of them? You can see a lot of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest because this part of British … Read More
There’s an app for that park
Parks Canada has a new app to make it easier to explore national parks and historic sites. With information on … Read More
A travel writer and a tale of three Charles (Darwin, Waterton and Russell)
Being a travel writer is a privilege. Yes, the travelling is fun. I have to pinch myself when I get the VIP treatment at … Read More
Turtles with jobs
(Turtles With Jobs was originally published by the Red Deer Advocate January 23, 2016 and won second place in the 2016 … Read More
Prairie chickens reunite a Nebraska family
If your house guest told you how to make more money, would you listen? I've had guests tell me how to plant flowers or … Read More