This is #ProjectNomad

"We'll just drive out there and get them." That's how it started. I'm not even sure we were serious. My friend Alexis wanted to adopt a puppy. But there were no dogs available, at least not in Vancouver. There were a ton of dogs in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but no way to fly them here during the pandemic. So we suggested to Raincoast Dog Rescue Society's founder Jesse Adams that we drive the dogs back to the coast instead. And to our surprise and delight, Jesse accepted. All

We sat parked on the tarmac at the airport in Victoria, all of us searching the sky as somewhere overhead, the sound of an airplane droned closer. Far to the west, a speck appeared in the distance, lined up with the end of the runway and descending steadily. "I think that might be it," someone said, as the speck resolved itself into a small, twin-engine propeller plane and gently touched down a few hundred meters away. We waited as the plane slowed and taxied off of the runwa

Before I knew what was happening, we hit a patch of black ice and the truck began to slide. I felt the back end slip out and start to get away from me as I tried, gingerly, to regain control, fully aware that my next actions would determine the success of our mission--and the well-being of the twenty rescue dogs we carried with us onboard. The truck continued to slide. I looked out at the snowy median and prayed we'd find a soft spot to land. Click here for Part One. I never