“VLOG” May 2019. I joined a father son team of pilots and adventurer. We headed to a remote air strip on an uninhabited island in Lake Michigan. Few pilots will venture over water in a single engine plane to land on a grass strip on an island of trees and […]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
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It was late summer as we slogged through the Canadian bush to the promise of a “river bath”. My queen was unhappy. She had that kind of “frustrated” you get when you have been recovering from multiple “ortho-involved” surgeries for the past two years and are forced to hike over […]
Dentist-turned-“bush pilot” GEORGE ERICKSON flies his Piper Cub seaplane into the far reaches of the north. With a couple of close calls, Erickson sets up camp on unexplored lakes and rivers, fishes for trout, struggles with bad weather, overflies forest fires, and and mingles with polar bears, killer whales, musk […]
I slid by the muddy banks of the Grand River, gliding my kayak into the shadows of the trees. It was quiet, except for the gentle gurgle of water. Just then, I came upon a cow standing in the water. She looked at me – silent and still. I glared […]