When I mention what I do for a living to most people, the first question they ask is, “Really, what do you do for a day job?”

Yes, it is hard to imagine that it has been almost 20 years since my brother and I started the Backroad Mapbooks (originally known as the Backroad and Outdoor Recreation Mapbooks). What started out as a university thesis on starting your own business has now turned into… Read the rest

Bling! The all too familiar sound of my e-mail notification broke me out of my stupor. Usually I ignore this but for some reason I decided to check my mail. Good thing, it was the owner of Algonquin Bound asking if I wanted to go fishing for Algonquin Park lake trout this year.

“I’m in” was my immediate response.

Now comes the fun part…where to go? So we pulled out our Read the rest