Author Topic: Summer Trips (Read 1774 times)

LeverAction · « **on:** June 08, 2017, 09:29:07 AM »

So thought I would start up a thread on summer trips planned this year. I know some are headed to the coasts to fish, which is fantastic, been a few years since I've done that. But how about other trips. My wife and I have two trips planned this summer. The first will be 9 days driving the Trunk Rd. Hoping to do a bit of fly fishing, target shooting and quading. The second trip will be to the Ya Ha Tinda again this year for two weeks with the horses. My kind of summer vacation, out in the wilds of Alberta. Although the Trunk isn't as quite as it was 20,30 years ago, still better then the highways and the parks. Hope to see pictures at the end of summer of the fishing and camping trips from everyone.

Walleyes · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2017, 12:49:41 PM »

Other than our west coast trip not a lot planned. Hopefully get out camping some this summer but we will see. We say every year we are going to get out more and between work and working in the yard when I am home it gets tough. But we are going to try our hardest to get more camping in this summer.

LeverAction · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2017, 02:56:35 PM »

Time is always our enemy, this is the first summer I think in 37 years of working I will be taking this much time off. As I said in another thread, this hunting season will also be the most time I will be taking off to hunt . Maybe a life of hard work is finally paying off a little( fingers crossed anyway).

sonny · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2017, 11:26:55 PM »

Got class C tags for Iosegun this year and plan to be there in two weeks.

Hope to post a few pics then.

Other than that me and the Miss's don't travel much..Maybe a trip to Wab and to Fickle but that is all.

coachman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2017, 08:50:33 AM »

By this time next week I will be camped at Fisherman's bay if all goes well. Come back from there and hope to head for Campbell River for a week. Be back in Hinton in time to help with the Music Festival than back to the coast. Then I am going fishing after that.

OL_JR · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2017, 10:02:43 AM »

Got one 6 or 7 day fishing trip planned for early July so far and will have to see from there Depending on work etc. For the most part it will be weekend day trips to local lakes. We camp via wall tent so it's nice to have more than a couple days to make the set up worth it although it's getting quicker all the time.

LeverAction · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2017, 06:21:26 PM »

Wall tent is my favorite way to camp, but because we will be following the truck Rd. this year I'm taking my hunting trailer( inclosed ski-doo trailer with bunks) Nothing like a wall tent, the smells, the looks, coffee keeping warm on the wood stove. Wall tent will need to wait till fall.

OL_JR · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2017, 08:34:47 PM »

Nothing wrong with that Lever, definitely some advantages to taking a trailer. Being able to hook up and go would be really nice sometimes.

AxeMan · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2017, 10:22:55 PM »

Just got back from a few days up relaxing at the Liard Hot Springs. We like it up in the Northern Rockies a lot.
Did some hiking too back into the Sentinel range too. Lots of caribou and stone sheep there.

greylynx · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2017, 06:22:46 PM »

Thanks Axeman

I liked that Liard presentation.

What highways did you take to get up there?

Dawson Creek and the Alaska Highway?

Hwy 16 and turn off to the Dease Lake circle route?

Thanks for the posting.

AxeMan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2017, 09:23:40 PM »

This time we just went up the Alaska Highway. Stayed one night in Fort St. John on the way up and one in Dawson Creek on the way back.
We stayed a couple of nights at Urs at the lodge.
I have taken the Cassier loop once before and really liked that too but it is a much longer haul.

LeverAction · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2017, 07:02:39 AM »

Just got back from the Ya Ha last night. Another great time this year. Lot of miles on the pony's, and seen life from the top of the world again.

Walleyes · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2017, 08:35:00 AM »

Looks incredible lever, always nice to see a family out together.

What are the camping aragngements or is it just day trips.

LeverAction · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2017, 09:40:19 AM »

Most just day trips, wife is not big on cold mountains and hard ground. We have a living quarters horse trailer. I do however take a 2 day over night trip by myself in the two weeks we are there, in order to see some country I haven't seen before.

greylynx · « **Reply #14 on:** August 22, 2017, 07:15:48 PM »

Very classy photos LA.

Question:

Have you ever gone back into the Ghost area on horse? What is it like?

LeverAction · « **Reply #15 on:** August 22, 2017, 09:30:49 PM »

No greylynx, but it's on the list for next year. Have you done it? I have been waiting to do that for years and each year that my group of friends go in, I have been working or life happens. Next year is my time for sure.

sonny · « **Reply #16 on:** August 22, 2017, 10:13:03 PM »

Looks like a good time Lever...Good on ya.

greylynx · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2017, 09:48:40 AM »

LA:

Never been back into the Ghost either.

I think that is a place for my bucket list.

sporthunting · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2017, 10:53:46 AM »

Sorry guys no pictures. I went on a fly fishing trip up by Nordeg stay in the Chunga Creek Outfitters Camp was great. Beautiful country, good fishing. I am now hooked on fly fishing and will be spending allot of money in the near future lol.

LeverAction · « **Reply #19 on:** August 23, 2017, 12:03:09 PM »

Right on, I had a few days of fly fishing when I was at Ya Ha. Love it. Your right it can be additive, started when I was a teenager and it's my favorite kind of fishing. Glad to hear your holidays went well, like other activities it can cost some money to get into it but it becomes a life style.