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...
by A Bunker | Sep 17, 2015 | TRAVEL
Up and at ’em Mikey and I muscled our way thru a long, fast full day ride from Ottawa to Nipigon in one straight haul. Having company alongside, the eighteen hours flew by, but when finally landing at the finish it was instant exhaustion. Arrived at the...
by A Bunker | Aug 6, 2015 | TRAVEL
This past summer I took a job guiding in northern Canada. Fueling the idea was much curiosity, fishing experience and one overwhelming urge to challenge myself in an entirely different way. At age 39, with twenty years devoted to work and study in healthcare, recent...
