A few days ago a car with Manitoba plates drove by Zik and me. This was the first time we’d spotted a plate from home after a month in Minnesota — probably because we mostly travel on back...
In a previous story, I pretended to be Jean-Baptiste Lagimodiere with his box on my oxcart (sorry about that J.B.) and then I compared my wife, Patty, to Jean-Baptiste’s wife, Marie-Anne. Two si...
In the summer of 2022, Winnipegger Terry Doerksen and his wife Patty, along with Zik the ox pulling their replica Red River Cart, retraced the 800-odd kilometres of the historic Red River Trail, from...
In the summer of 2022, Winnipegger Terry Doerksen and his wife Patty, along with Zik the ox pulling their replica Red River Cart, retraced the 800-odd kilometres of the historic Red River Trail, from Winnipeg to St. Paul, Minn. A new journey beckons for the Doerksens.
In the summer of 2022, Winnipegger Terry Doerksen and his wife Patty, along with Zik the ox pulling their replica Red River Cart, retraced the 800-odd kilometres of the historic Red River Trail, from...
In 2022 Terry Doerksen and his wife Patty took an ox-drawn Red River cart from Winnipeg to St. Paul, Minn., along the Red River Trail. Last year, they dusted off the cart for a rumble down the Old Daw...
