In the 1970s, when the summers came, we fished. It was a short drive from Leaf Rapids to the Swanee River campground, where we parked the...

Tonight Sylvia described a pretty brilliant idea: made-to-order camping for people like us who love the idea of camping, but hate the work ...

Here's a photo of Dad (at left) with his cousin Hugh, standing in front of our tent trailer. Do they still make those anymore? It loo...

That might be me in the foreground; on the other hand, it might be my cousin Keith Langergraber. Is that Darwin Jones, another cousin, ro...

Here's another photo of our early 1970s trip to Good Spirit Lake near Yorkton, Saskatchewan. It's funny how I didn't mind get...

Here I am sometime in the early 1970s playing in the dirt at Good Spirit Lake near Yorkton, Saskatchewan. 

There's nothing particularly interesting about this photo except the slender branch-less tree that bisects the frame. Well, that and ...

Here's the next in a series of oddly-posed campground photos. This one's a little more normal than the others, but note the can o...

When we lived in northern Manitoba camping served as our main leisure activity. But before we enjoyed the relative luxury of the camper t...

On the Victoria Day long weekend of 1974, the Woods of Leaf Rapids (Mom, Dad, me and Dad's cousin Hugh, his wife Diane and their child...

Back when we lived in northern Manitoba, our crew cab, camper and motorboat allowed us to take full advantage of the few recreational oppo...

Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Why did I feel such an urge to travel thousands of kilometres just to see a virtual gho...