Last September we decided it was about time after living on and off in a van for 4 years to make the jump to a home that didn’t have wheels. Since we didn’t have a place for so long, we had acquired zero furniture or pretty much anything besides snowboards and mountain bikes. I’m not… Read More DIY Pallets
The winter of 2018/2019 had many highs and lows as far as my ski season was concerned. I was doing my second season of ski patrol at Silver Star with Marisa and we had big plans to board and tour as much as possible like the season previous. It started out pretty good with a… Read More Wapta Traverse – April 2019
This past fall I was blessed with the opportunity to explore the Yukon territory with Marisa for 10 days and exceeded my already high expectations. The scenery was spectacular, the people were genuine, and the biking was world class. Whitehorse, YT Right from the get go after landing in Whitehorse on Sept 17th I was… Read More Yukon Biking
Another winter season has come along and I can’t help notice the increased popularity to venture outside the resort boundary lines and shred in the backcountry. I took my very first avalanche safety course 6 years ago, and couldn’t believe how hard it was to find someone even interested in the idea of signing-up and… Read More Backcountry Shredding 101: The FUNdamentals
It’s been a year and a half since we left New Zealand, but after coming back to sell our van “Philipa” and travel around the northern part of the south island for the past month (with a rental this time), the things I missed most about this beautiful country seem to have stayed exactly the… Read More The Kiwi Experience Pt.3
The date was July 16th, 2018 and the weather forecast read sunny with a low chance of precipitation for the days coming. What I didn’t see in the forecast was a chance of a broken foot followed by many weeks spent without the ability to participate in the outdoors sports that fill my life. My… Read More Before my injury: Spectrum Lake
This past spring was a busy one tuning up Betsy to make her finally road trip worthy. When we drove her west last fall she had a fierce intake air leak that was not allowing her to idle in traffic or shut-off without running on. We also were having overheating issues last summer in the… Read More Vanlife Pt. 9: Betsy 2.0
Guy asks girl out, guy takes girl out for a dinner date, guy pays for dinner, guy and girl eventually start to date.. guy always pays for dinner out? I’m not one for sticking to most traditions and this rant isn’t really about being old fashioned or not, but for myself and Mitch over the… Read More 50/50
As we travel around and live in different places, I love when people come to visit us, especially when they have an open mind and want to go on some adventures. When my friends Marc and Jessica flew all the way from Manitoba to New Zealand last year, Marisa and I planned a special road… Read More New Zealand: Tramping with the Manitobians
The winter season is almost over, and it seemed like it was always good conditions for the whole winter unless you talked to someone who doesn’t snowboard or ski and spent the majority of their winter shovelling snow off the driveway. I was employed as Ski Patrol at Silver Star Mountain this winter season with… Read More Winter 2017/2018 – Work and Play in the Mountains
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