Joe Beernink

I wrote Nowhere Wild, in part, because I loved the stories about living and surviving in Canada’s North. I could have set it in Alaska, or the mountains of Idaho or...

The contest requiring you to identify the locations of 4 pictures I took has a winner. Ms. Susan Conner of Thompson, Manitoba submitted the following correct entry: Robert Bateman Wolf Mural, Highland...

[UPDATE 8/22/2015: We have a winner! This contest is now closed.] Okay, below are 4 pictures I’ve taken along a route I have recently traveled. Three should be easy to figure out...

Every so often, my wife and I like to get away for a little relaxation. We’ve previously gone to A Tuscan Estate in McMinnville, OR, The Ivy Wild Inn in Wenatchee,...

Last weekend my wife had her family reunion in Cle Elum, Washington at the Flying Horseshoe Ranch. We stayed in old-fashioned bunk houses at night, ate breakfast lunch and dinner in...

My wife and I decided to take a trip into the mountains this weekend, so we bundled up the kids and headed up a snowy Snoqualmie Pass on Friday to Suncadia...

I grew up in Canada, and we called November 11, Remembrance Day, not Veterans Day. I’m an American citizen now, and I do appreciate the sacrifices of the US men and...

My wife and I are making a yearly thing of getting away for a weekend in May to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We drop the kids off at Grandma’s house, and...

My wife and I recently celebrated out sixth anniversary, and though we didn’t plan anything special for that day, we did get away last weekend. We dropped the kids off at...

We went to Hawaii for Joe and Monika’s wedding in November.  Somebody looks happy. Reece on the rocks of the Black Sand Beach in Hawaii Lorelai opening hjer Christmas Orange.  (We...