A “Super-charged” Canada Road Trip
“Are you sure you want to drive that electric car through no man’s land?” asked the Canadian border officer at the Pigeon River crossing, as...
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The Wilds Farther North: A Season in Kalaallit Nunaat
In the spring of 2022, nearly one month before the sun reached its zenith in the northern hemisphere, I joined two other crew on a...
Sickle Lake
by northwilds
Four of us, Steve, Ed, Larry and I, signed up for a fishing trip. We were veterans of an ill-fated venture the year before, which...
Hunting with Hawks in Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains
by northwilds
The dense tree canopy glistened from light rain, a creek burbled to my right, and the woods rang with the sound of a bell attached...
A Loop Around the Sun (And Idaho)
Southbound. My eye followed the ridgeline of the towering mountains out the window as I made a mental note of the trails I had yet...
Making the Most of Troublesome Travels
by Rae Poynter
They say that the good times make for good memories, while the bad times make for good stories, and in no other realm of life...
The Villain of the Wilderness
It was almost like a scene from a military movie. Operation Lookout Self-Extraction was underway. “We need to make this decision unanimously,” he said. “If...
Happy Flights
by northwilds
The adventure was Steve’s idea. My larger-than-life, Falstaffian brother-in-law had gone to the All-Canada Sportsmen’s Show the winter before and met the tour operator. Our...
