by alex | Nov 21, 2018 | John's Blog
This day was bound to come. I didn’t know when. This is the story of my toughest day on the road. 20-years-ago today I was west of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. It was freezing cold and the Prairie wind was blowing. It wasn’t the wind that was on my mind. It was my...
by alex | Nov 14, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Chaplin, Saskatchewan, about 150 kilometres west of Regina. Out on the Trans-Canada Highway the wind is now a constant problem. The temperature has dipped to below minus 20 and I am wearing the balaclava that I haven’t worn since Day 1 in...
by alex | Nov 7, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Regina, Saskatchewan. We were in province number eight. The Trans-Canada Highway took me through a lot of little places I had never heard of before. I only have recent statistics to go by, so you’ll just have to imagine how small these...
by alex | Oct 31, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Virden, Manitoba, almost 300 kilometres west of Winnipeg. The daily routine on the Trans-Canada Highway, which starts each morning with a 360-degree look to the horizon, is very repetitious. We have moved our start time on the road back a...
by alex | Oct 24, 2018 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I was in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. I have now been on the road for seven months and we are well into province number seven. There are grey clouds on the horizon. Winter is not that far away. If you have been following along with these weekly...
