Mike enjoys the smells of the great outdoors, looks after two huge Clydesdales, learns the craft of pole making and goes caribou hunting above the timberline. Read more
Mike gets his dream ‘yob,’ learns to skid poles down a steep mountain trail, avoids making jokes around Dave Henry and his six- shooter and manufactures tail-dogs from scratch.
The two Swedes were both large men and as we sat down to the meal of chicken stew, I learned they had sub-contracted the cutting and skidding of two thousand cedar poles from Jim Burgoyne. Read more
Small Frye discovers the exhilarating feeling of working in the woods, using logging tools of the day, getting into fights over his favourite girl friend and meeting two huge Swedish pole-makers. But, is Mike up for the ‘yob’?
There are many who have heard the old expression – “Let's put on the feed bag!' Well, I shall try to explain it to you. Read more
Small Frye’s brother, Jules, explores balloon pants and suspenders, near dies at the hooves of a deer and also finds a grizzly bear asleep on his mattress; Mike discusses grizzly equalizers, gives fair warning to “skidoo tourists,” and we share Ella Frye’s most dangerous adventure. Read more
Have You Ever Seen A Moose Gone Berserk?
Well, I can sure say that I have and she was mad!
READER ALERT – GRAPHIC CONTENT! Read more
Rustic living conditions for a man and his kin near Canoe River, hardships that tear a family apart and drive that man to the bottle, some perish and others survive. And, Mike would agree that, “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger!” Read more
Stories by Mike Frye - edited by Leonard Lea Frazer Read more
Stories by Mike Frye - edited by Leonard Lea Frazer
We cross the mountains, head for the deep woods and we get lost and how, we find another paradise, The End of the Trail, and What an Ending! Read more
