Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $9.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan
    The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan
    The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan
    Ebook69 pages34 minutes

    The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan

    By Robin Esrock

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    On his personal quest to check off the best of his home country, travel writer and host Robin Esrock catalogues must-sees, including nature, food, culture, history, adrenaline rushes, and quirky Canadiana. After spending years crafting the definitive Canadian Bucket List, he’s packed in enough for a lifetime, at least. In this special excerpt, Esrock takes us to wide-open prairies, the land of wheat kings and the endless blue sky, Saskatchewan, including such one-of-a-kind experiences as: the intensity of Roughrider football nation, horse riding with bison, exploring North America’s largest sand dune, and floating in Canada’s dead sea.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateMar 27, 2014
    ISBN9781459729209
    The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan
    Author

    Robin Esrock

    Robin Esrock is an author, journalist, TV host, columnist, and public speaker. He is the author of the smash bestselling book series The Great Canadian Bucket List, along with several international bestsellers. Robin’s stories and photography have appeared in major publications on five continents, including National Geographic Traveler, the Guardian, Chicago Tribune, the Globe and Mail, and Canadian Geographic. The creator and co-host of the internationally syndicated television series Word Travels, Robin has been widely profiled as a “bucket list” travel expert, and his TEDx travel talk has over one million views. Robin lives with his family in Vancouver, B.C.

    Read more from Robin Esrock

    Related to The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan

    Related ebooks

    Canada Travel For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Decanter

      Oct 4, 2023

      121-141 Westbourne Terrace, London W2 6JR, UK Website: decanter.com / decanterchina.com Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Chris Maillard Magazine Editor Amy Wislocki Content Manager & Reg

      2 min read

    • Article

      Krakens, Codes, And Cliff-hangers: Six Stories To Delight Young Readers

      Nov 1, 2024

      Where may a child run freely – exploring without a screen blocking their view of the world or an overprotective parent shooing adventure safely away? In the pages of a book. “Children have been underestimated for hundreds of years,” an old woman says

      5 min read

    • Article

      FEEL THE HEAT savour The Flavour

      Aug 22, 2024

      FEEL THE HEAT savour The Flavour
      8 min read

    • Article

      Where We Hum

      Nov 7, 2021

      Where We Hum
      4 min read

    • Article

      Welcome

      Oct 7, 2021

      Welcome
      1 min read

    • Article

      Rediscovering True Hawaii

      Jun 21, 2017

      Rediscovering True Hawaii
      4 min read

    • Article

      HAPPY & OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE

      Jan 1, 2020

      HAPPY & OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE
      6 min read

    • Article

      Your World is Bigger

      Dec 16, 2020

      Your World is Bigger
      2 min read

    • Article

      Galen Volckhausen

      Jul 27, 2020

      Galen Volckhausen
      14 min read

    • Article

      Mark Beaumont

      May 6, 2021

      Mark Beaumont
      2 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Jul 7, 2023

      ON MY way to work I noticed the car behind me filled with three young men in what looked like an Uber. One guy was clearly having the grandest time, singing and dancing in the small space as if nobody was watching. When we stopped at a traffic light

      5 min read

    • Article

      Type Two Fun

      Mar 17, 2023

      NEXT MONTH I’ll be back on the road. Multiple roads. And beaches, clifftops and muddy fields. I’ve been living in Edinburgh and, like Tracy Chapman, working in a convenience store to save just a little bit of money. But, unlike Tracy Chapman, I won’t

      2 min read

    • Article

      Ade Adepitan

      Nov 24, 2022

      Ade Adepitan
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Transcon Itch

      May 1, 2021

      Multi-week journeys are all about the itch. You have two options: scratch it with little thought for temporary relief or think intentionally about addressing it. I’m convinced that short of a NASA rocket launch, making a multi-week running journey ha

      4 min read

    • Article

      Learning How to Live

      Sep 22, 2017

      In my world, there are two very difficult situations to explain. One, what it feels like to receive the diagnosis of cancer, and two, how to explain the euphoria of skiing. Within the cancer community, I find it hard to listen to other people with th

      4 min read

    • Article

      From The Editor

      Oct 13, 2023

      I'm going to let you all in on a little secret—something that many may judge me for. Are you ready? Okay, here goes: I love fall. You're probably reading this, thinking, “Okay? So what?” But as an Australian, if your favorite season isn't summer, the

      2 min read

    • Article

      Moving Mountains

      Jul 28, 2022

      Moving Mountains
      5 min read

    • Article

      Learning How to Live

      Oct 2, 2017

      In my world, there are two very difficult situations to explain. One, what it feels like to receive the diagnosis of cancer, and two, how to explain the euphoria of skiing. Within the cancer community, I find it hard to listen to other people with th

      4 min read

    • Article

      On The Road To Flourish

      Jun 5, 2023

      On The Road To Flourish
      18 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Great Canadian Bucket List — Saskatchewan - Robin Esrock

      INTRODUCTION

      bucket list: A list of things one hopes to accomplish in one’s lifetime.

      Although the idea is ancient, the expression has quickly entered popular culture thanks to the 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Two men with terminal cancer decide they’re sick of dying, create a list of all the things they’ve ever wanted to do and promptly run off to try to do them. Two of the greatest actors of their generation also challenge the audience: why do we need death to remind us it’s time to start living?

      One spring day as I rode my scooter to work, a car drove through a stop sign, causing me to crash into its side, executing a poor swan dive over my handlebars. In the process, I mangled my bike and cracked my left kneecap. It was, by far, the most painful physical injury I had ever experienced and, without doubt, the luckiest break of my life. Literally using the intermediary of an unexpected vehicle, Fate had decided to shake me out of my stupor. I had been stuck in an unsatisfying desk job, my romantic life a shambles, wrestling daily with the feeling that time was running out and I would never get the chance to see the places and do the things I’d always wanted to see and do. All that changed with the accident, and the fortuitous $20,000 insurance settlement that accompanied it. It was just enough to convince me that, pinching a few pennies and selling off more belongings, I could act on my dreams and make them a reality. The scariest day of my life was walking into a travel agency and booking a solo, twelve-month, round-the-world ticket to five continents—a ticket to visit all the places at the top of my bucket list.

      Bidding friends and family farewell, I went off to hike the Inca Trail and visit the Taj Mahal, drink beer in Prague and sweet tea in Istanbul and sail down the Mekong River. Determined to record every moment of this one special year, I wrote long reports, edited photo galleries, reviewed my accommodations and interviewed every person I met—uploading it all to a simple website I called Modern Gonzo, in honour of my journalism hero, Hunter S. Thompson. One thing led to another—newspaper columns, a globally syndicated TV show—and here I am, veteran of over a hundred countries on six continents, more travelled than any one person deserves to be.

      Yet the more I experienced abroad, the more I was intrigued by my adopted home. Immigrating to Canada had been a bold move, but as a travel writer, I had spent the greater part of my Canadian life exploring just about everywhere else on the planet. My words and images had introduced millions of people to far-flung destinations, but rarely to the country that had welcomed me and allowed all this to happen in the first place. The

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1