N.W. Territory's

[Patch]

Man I have such an itch to ride the N.W. Territory's!

The one place I have never been in Canada, at least I can't remember haven been?

 

Who has and spell it out, what am I missing?

[Guest divey]

Man I have such an itch to ride the N.W. Territory's!

The one place I have never been in Canada, at least I can't remember haven been?

 

Who has and spell it out, what am I missing?

Lived and worked there for 18 years. Best 18 years of our life despite what people think of the cold and dark winters. Minimal daylight in the winter wasn't an issue but it was sometimes hard to get used to 23 hours of daylight in the summer (the body never wanted to shut down for the day). Have fished some of the freshest water on the planet and snowmobiled across the same lakes at 40 below zero. Have visited about two thirds of the communities in both the NWT and what was formerly the Eastern Arctic (now Nunavut). Have flown over pods of narwhal, polar bear and muskox. Have landed and quietly observed the Franklin Expedition graves on Beechy Island and spent 3 weeks at a remote site at Alexandra Fiord where the only sound was birds and the odd growler (grounded iceberg) breaking up (I swear I could hear the chopper coming to pick us up from about 5 days away, lol). On a clear day we could see Greenland, about 15 miles across the pond. It is a land of amazing beauty (in it's own right) and you will not find any nicer people anywhere (ok I'm biased).

 

You can ride to Yellowknife but don't miss any fuel stops and pack extra with you. Black flies and horse flies will drive you crazy if you're caught out in the bush without protection and the mosquitoes, well, they're only mosquitoes.

 

Don't take my word for it though, you only live once. Doug

[Sylvester]

I have only been as far north in Alberta as Fort McMurray. Very nice area.

 

[cowpuc]

Lived and worked there for 18 years. Best 18 years of our life despite what people think of the cold and dark winters. Minimal daylight in the winter wasn't an issue but it was sometimes hard to get used to 23 hours of daylight in the summer (the body never wanted to shut down for the day). Have fished some of the freshest water on the planet and snowmobiled across the same lakes at 40 below zero. Have visited about two thirds of the communities in both the NWT and what was formerly the Eastern Arctic (now Nunavut). Have flown over pods of narwhal, polar bear and muskox. Have landed and quietly observed the Franklin Expedition graves on Beechy Island and spent 3 weeks at a remote site at Alexandra Fiord where the only sound was birds and the odd growler (grounded iceberg) breaking up (I swear I could hear the chopper coming to pick us up from about 5 days away, lol). On a clear day we could see Greenland, about 15 miles across the pond. It is a land of amazing beauty (in it's own right) and you will not find any nicer people anywhere (ok I'm biased).

 

You can ride to Yellowknife but don't miss any fuel stops and pack extra with you. Black flies and horse flies will drive you crazy if you're caught out in the bush without protection and the mosquitoes, well, they're only mosquitoes.

 

Don't take my word for it though, you only live once. Doug

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW :scared:,,,, so thats where you disappeared to when you left home,,, Mom and I always wondered about that Son-Shine:big-grin-emoticon:!!

!! AMAZING!!:clap2::clap2::dancefool::thumbsup:

Your ol Dad can almost smell the adVenture while sitting here typing this!!

 

OUTSTANDING @divey!

 

And Patch,, I say GO FOR IT!!!!

[Patch]

Lived and worked there for 18 years. Best 18 years of our life despite what people think of the cold and dark winters. Minimal daylight in the winter wasn't an issue but it was sometimes hard to get used to 23 hours of daylight in the summer (the body never wanted to shut down for the day). Have fished some of the freshest water on the planet and snowmobiled across the same lakes at 40 below zero. Have visited about two thirds of the communities in both the NWT and what was formerly the Eastern Arctic (now Nunavut). Have flown over pods of narwhal, polar bear and muskox. Have landed and quietly observed the Franklin Expedition graves on Beechy Island and spent 3 weeks at a remote site at Alexandra Fiord where the only sound was birds and the odd growler (grounded iceberg) breaking up (I swear I could hear the chopper coming to pick us up from about 5 days away, lol). On a clear day we could see Greenland, about 15 miles across the pond. It is a land of amazing beauty (in it's own right) and you will not find any nicer people anywhere (ok I'm biased).

 

You can ride to Yellowknife but don't miss any fuel stops and pack extra with you. Black flies and horse flies will drive you crazy if you're caught out in the bush without protection and the mosquitoes, well, they're only mosquitoes.

 

Don't take my word for it though, you only live once. Doug

 

And I hear the Ladies are friendly too! Now with any luck Marcarl will stay busy between rallies and Ontario college girls so that a lonely French Canadian may have a chance at snagging some company;) Like I never knew Dutchmen were such girl magnets

 

I have only been as far north in Alberta as Fort McMurray. Very nice area.

 

 

Nicest comment I've ever heard about FortMac I'll pass it along;)

[Sylvester]

My post said nice area. I wasn't talking about the military part. I really like Alberta. Very beautiful country.