by A Bunker | Oct 21, 2016 | TRAVEL
The flight attendant surely put the drama and queen in drama queen while going over the flight safety rules. “I like to look at my pretty self in the mirror.” “I always wanted to be a princess but instead I’m a queen.” “I save my...
by A Bunker | Sep 25, 2016 | TRAVEL
All together and all at once, the brook trout, pike and lakers of Northern Ontario summoned me from the couch at home. Some last minute boat, gear and meal prep plus a call to the Agent, quick plans were set in motion to hit the highway north. Our destination…...
by A Bunker | Aug 30, 2016 | TRAVEL
I do not visit the north, it is the second home I return to, a part of who I am. . Across the lounge table sat an older fellow, Thomas, whom I had only met an hour earlier. I sipped scotch while he enjoyed the local beers on tap, and before long he graciously offered...
by A Bunker | Jul 15, 2016 | TRAVEL
Boils down to reflections and connections I suppose… The desire to just get away alone, hit the open road and ride through whatever may come. Some stops planned, others left to chance. A Solo Roady North each spring seems to fulfill a need. A reward and...
by A Bunker | Apr 1, 2016 | ICE FISHING, TRAVEL
Stretching across Canada from Cape Breton to Kamloops, twice the square kilometers of Ontario, and yet a population under 40,000 people, this only begins to describe the vast territory of Nunavut… Last fall I landed a first Arctic work contract in Cambridge Bay....
by A Bunker | Oct 28, 2015 | TRAVEL
It was a misty, cool and miserably grey Sunday, June 6th, 2004. A passenger in my friend John’s 24-foot freighter canoe we were anchored where the Kwetabohagan meets the Mighty Moose. Chartreuse jig and twister tail, six pound mono spooled up on a 1000 series...
