Finding Our Way
We decided to head to Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia for a bit of cross-country skiing. The weather forecast was looking perfect so we jumped on it. My husband is pretty much an expert at it having taught it in the military. Me, not so much. I downhill ski
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Campground: Skihist Provinical Park Location: Lytton, British Columbia Site: 11 Cost: $20 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: Beautiful, spacious sites Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” Skihist is in Lytton and this weekend they were celebrating the Lytton River Festival which we attended.
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Campground: Johnston Canyon Campground Location: Banff National Park, Alberta Cost: $27.40 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: Some sites include all the firewood you want (included in the price) Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been” Then off around Banff and Jasper.
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A lovely park on Gull Lake west of LaCombe, Alberta with lots of water activities, fantastic bike trails, great campsites, and great ice cream!! Campground: Aspen Beach Provincial Park Location: Gull Lake, Alberta Site: Group Campsite B Cost: Shared costs with others in our group Services: Dry Camp Comments: A
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Another wonderful Northwest Territories Park. Home to Alexandra and Louise Falls and a terrific campground with large sites and great hiking and the soothing sound of waterfalls as you sleep. Campground: Twin Falls Territorial ParkLocation: In the Northwest Territories just north of Alberta on the MacKenzie Highway and south of
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The last territorial park you will pass heading east along the Ingraham Trail is Reid Lake Territorial Park. A beautiful park on the lake. If you go on a weekend in summer make sure you have a reservation as it gets full from all the locals in Yellowknife. Don’t camp
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The Ingraham Trail, also known as Highway 4, extends east from Yellowknife all the way to Tibbitt Lake, about 70 kilometers. It is also known as the “Road to Resources” into the interior of the Arctic. There are a number of recreational activities along the trail with many lakes, territorial
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Touring Yellowknife! Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and is located on the northern shore of the Great Slave Lake. It sits about 250 miles south of the Arctic Circle and has a population of approximately 20,000 people. Even though it gets quite cold in the winter it
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A great place to stay while touring around Yellowknife! Lots of nice large sites! But it does fill up. The dump and the fresh water were broken when we were there. OK, now what? No one seemed to know where we could get any water. So, we drove around town
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Fires, buffalo, and ferries! The north is known for its huge wildfires during their hot dry summers. I mean HUGE, bigger than people in the lower 48 can imagine or comprehend. As we were driving along the MacKenzie Highway we could see and smell smoke from a long distance away.
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