We’ve had enough of this soft-water hauling already!
The summer solstice has passed and with it goes the longest day of the year. Summer may have just begun, but Winter is Coming! We’ve been quiet here at Lure this spring as we’ve been working hard to ensure we have a roof over our heads and firewood in the shed this winter, but expect to hear more from us soon as we begin crafting our fall and winter schedules!
It’s a good life!
We’re proud to announce that the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce honoured us with the Small Enterprise award at the 2014 Bell Business Excellence Awards. A big thanks to all of our supporters who have helped to make this venture so much fun!
Update June 13:
We will be back to work and filling orders as of June 23nd.
Please note: We’re away for the week to Golden Pond, and will not be shipping any orders in the meantime.  You may still place your orders so that when we get back we can fill them ASAP.  Sorry for the inconvenience.
Sunrise on Golden Pond
Big changes are occurring in our lives this summer as Kielyn and I begin our dream of moving to a wilderness property!
You can follow our adventures at Ongoldenpond.ca.
We’ve just implemented some brand-new shipping software on the site. Â This will sync directly with Canada Post to provide the most accurate shipping quotes possible, particularly for our international customers. Â That is, if everything works right the first time, which is rarely the case with technology! Â If you get any unusual shipping quotes at checkout, please don’t hesitate to let us know and we will adjust the costs if necessary.
Thank you for your patience!
Dave on Lake Superior – Winter 2014.
If you’re considering joining us for a three, five or even 13 day winter journey next winter, you’ll probably want to know a thing or two about us.
To that end, we’ve just added a brand new “Qualifications and Experience” page.
But because our trips mean living in close quarters, we think it’s also important to know about who we are personally, so we still have our old, ‘mushy’ About Us page too!
They’re out there – watching!
We’ve just made it that much easier, with our new “In the News” section! Enjoy :)
There’s is certainly lots of room for improvement!
Kielyn and I have 1001 things we’d like to do to improve Lure of the North this coming off-season. Having a to-do list as long as our arms is stressful, but it is also one of the things that makes this venture so constantly exciting. We control our destiny and we get out what we put in – and that’s how we want life to be!
Here’s just a few of the things we want to work on this off-season:
Snowwalkers now on DVD!
We’re excited to announce that our 50-minute documentary “Snowwalkers” is now available on DVD! But we’re perhaps even more excited to announce that the book that inspired our adventure “Snow Walker’s Companion” is finally back in print, and available right here in our store. Rejoice!
You can find both products under the new “Literature” section of our store.
An ice cave on Lake Superior. Photo courtesy Conor Mihell.
April is here, and winter is officially over, but we’re still basking in the warm glow of a season full of fond memories and great travel companions! We’d like to thank everyone who made this, our third trip season, such a wonderful and memorable experience!
Full trip reports and videos will be released slowly over the weeks and/ or months to come. Â In the meantime most of the season’s photos have now been uploaded, and can be viewed here.
This season we had the pleasure of being out on 5 group trips, and 2 personal trips totaling 44 days on trip and over 300km traveled! Some of the highlights include:
We’d like to sincerely thank everyone who provided support and/ or encouragement:
All news, no fluff! We have only ever sent out 4 - 6 newsletters a year, and always when we have a major bit of news we want to share. You know, like one of us is going to be on a fancy TV show, or we're releasing our upcoming trip or workshop schedule. Plus we also offer the occasional newsletter-only special deal!
