Camping out

Take your fifth wheel, trailer or truck-camper (the one I prefer), drive to a quite place and start camping for a view days. Even a tent will do. The Canadians use it all. Especially on long weekends, like we have now (September 7th is labour-day), everybody takes off to somewhere. Of course to the Rockies but north of Edmonton are also great camping sites and possibilities; vast lakes for boating, smaller ones and rivers for fishing. Hiking is popular too, and there are literally endless hiking trails. But beware of the bear especially papa and mama bear, allways make noise when you're walking or biking the trails. The bear does not want to encounter you and if you do make yourself larger; chances are it will back off. No need to run or climb a tree; its faster and is a expert tree climber. If you are attacked by a black bear fight it fiercely, with a grizzly on the other hand your best way to survive is to play dead. If you run in to the bear; well then you are just plain unlucky. And at the end of a camping out day with no bear encounters, indeed a BBQ and a campfire or use the campfire for the BBQ. Depends whether you are hungry or not. In British Columbia there are roadsigns asking "Is your campfire out?" We saw that for the first time when we left the campsite of the photo, Manning Park, back in July 07.
For us it is pretty difficult to go camping; Joka works in a shop and given the fact shops here are open 7 days a week we find it hard to plan a camping trip. One trip is already in the books: Alaska. Next summer we are gonna take "The scenic route to Alaska". This is actually a roadsign on Highway 16 West near the town of Edson.