road trip

Jan 19 2014

The Day Trip to Fort Providence, NWT

This year to celebration the winter solstice, my friend and I, took a day trip to the community of Fort Providence, NWT. It is about a 3 hour drive from Yellowknife.

Along the way you are bound to see many bison grazing along the side of the road. Just past Fort Providence is the Deh Cho Bridge that span across the MacKenzie River. In town there is a nice view of the “big river”, and my favourite the Snowshoe Inn Cafe and Gift Shop. I highly recommend taking the drive to check out this little store.

buffalo from the jeep

Jun 20 2013

Heading out on a #NWTRoadTrip

It pains me to see that my last blog post was on May 18. That was more than a month ago. I went to Ontario and have come back since then. And I did lots of cool things in Ontario.

I’m heading out in about an hour on a 13 day road trip through the South Slave and Deh Cho regions of the Northwest Territories. It has been sometime since I have been on a road trip, the last time I believe was to jasper in the summer of 2011. I have missed those days. I use to do a trip every year. Like the time I had my truck and camper in 2009:

This time we are seriously tenting it. Oddly even in the Northern Frontier of the NWT some Territorial campgrounds only have powered sites. It is annoying to think that the road trippin, tentin, cram all the kids, stuff and the dog in the car days are over. Then again I suppose those who don’t need power, don’t need a campground either.

Possibly during my time meandering through the wilderness of the NWT I will be writing a series call Explore NWT on YkOnline.ca.

Buffalo on the run!!!

NWT Border… which I wont actually be going to.

And of course my all time favourite camping photo to date. However on this trip it wont actually be getting dark. Just light, 24/7

When/if I do post things online you can follow #NWTroadtrip anywhere (Facebook, instagram, twitter) and see where I’m at.

Mar 31 2013

To the Tundra we go

On Friday a friend and I left Yellowknife and headed north. In my Jeep. We jumped onto the Ice Road that heads to the Diamond Mines and just kept driving.

The lakes got longer, the trees shorter and then all of a sudden they were gone.

We saw birds…

The landscape changed…

There was a sign…

And dead caribou…

Finally we ended up on the tundra.

Aug 13 2009

Beautiful BC

Currently I’m sitting in a hotel room in Penticton, BC as there isn’t a campground with vacancy within 200km. Yesterday morning we left our Revelstoke campground and drove up a mountain, literally. 26km of inclined roads. At the summit of this mountain there were hiking trails through the meadows. There was a beautiful view and gorgeous flowers. Upon cruising down the hill again we continued west towards Kelowna. The area is very nice and the lakes look as if it were in the Caribbean. When we went through Kelowna we couldn’t find a campground so on we went. The day was getting late and as we couldn’t find anything in Penticton, we decided to just stay at a hotel. This is a short update but if you want to know more about what we are doing and where we are, check out my Twitter account @KyleWith

Aug 10 2009

On the Way to the Rockies

Yesterday we were at the Dawson Creek Fair and Rodeo, where I took tons of photos. So when I get a chance I will upload them and display them.

Yesterday was also the start of the Road Trip, where I will be driving through the Rockies and Southern British Colombia. We drove to Grande Prairie from Dawson Creek late last night in order for my father to catch a flight back home early this morning. As he is now gone we will probably stick around GP for a couple hours and stop by some shops. Once we are done that we will head to Jasper, Alberta, which is a 395km drive. There we will spend the night and take in the sites.

Will try and update as often as possible, with pictures as well.

Hope everyone is having a great summer.