The lemon!  There is no better way to describe than a lemon.  No I am not talking about a vehicle; I am talking about what my wife calls the boat.

I do not know what it is but every time she gets into that boat, something weird happens. Perhaps it is her morbid fear of boats and waves and water or perhaps it is my over exuberant desire to show her how much fun boats… Read the rest

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

Thompson Okanagan BC: Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park (Map 29/E5)
This section of the Adams River is world famous for its sockeye salmon run. This amazing display of nature occurs every fall, but it is the dominant runs, where millions of fish jam the stream, that attracts all of the attention. The dominant runs occur every four years–2010, 2014, 2018, etc. At other times of the year, birds and small mammals… Read the rest