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  1. TacoRocco

    Mini Bike Camping

    I'm adding mini bikes to my set up.
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    Mini Bike Camping

    I just put a deposit on one. I think it'll make a good addition to the truck.
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    Looking for a good Parka

    Take a look at http://www.fjallraven.com/ They have a classic style and built to last. I'm selling my Canada Goose parka to buy one of these.
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 4 Cont - FINAL POST! We hit the ferry just in time. Only vehicle onboard going towards Hay River, NWT. Checked out the falls along the way back. The weather was alot nicer. ---- Hope you guys/gals enjoy the pics. I was gonna write up a lessons learned but...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 4: Mon. May 23, 2010 Objectives: 1. Leave Yellowknife at 0300 hrs 2. Reach first ferry crossing at 0630 hrs 3. Go home So here I stopped due to natures calling and I step out of the vehicle and find 2 random shotgun shells laying on the highway. Thought it would make a nice...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 3 Cont The guys at the local FD were nice enough to get me one of their t-shirts - I collect t-shirts. We had to heat up our ice cream to be able to take the wrapper off. Ahhhhh the North!
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 3 Cont Tibbit Lake - Fishing Dudes in their canoe / powermonsterboat Fishing on a river along the way Hike to Cameron Falls Elvis pose at the falls is a must Randoms along the trail - Total off-road glory shot!
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 3: Sun. May 22, 2010 Objectives: 1. Try to find some way to get a Buffalo Airways T-Shirt 2. Head out onto the Ingram Trail 3. Fish Tibbit Lake at the end of Ingram Trail 4. Hike to Cameron Falls also located on the Ingram Trail So after buying a 20 dollar thin sleeping bag at Canadian...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 2 Cont That night we decided to chill out and catch a flick at the local theatre. Saw Robin Hood. It sucked. Camped out again at the Fred Henne park. If I was to do it again I would camp out in one of the parks on the Ingram Trail. Which is Day 3. Some randomness
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 2 Cont Keepin it totally real as tourists we walked around the old part of town and climbed up to the Bush Pilots memorial to get a better look and pay our repects to the aerial explorers of Canada's north. Houseboats! If you look into the distance you can see the tracks of the winter...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 2 Cont Well, mulling around Buffalo Airways wasn't doing much for the wife. She saw the planes and we were both ready for lunch so we headed down to the old part of Yellowknife to grab some chow at the Bullocks Bistro which serves trout, cod, pike, and whitefish taken from Great Slave Lake...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 2 Cont The 'Knife' Tli Cho Compound - I think I remember that from the show 'Ice Road Truckers' Went to go see if we could get some t-shirts from the Buffalo Air guys. You guys in the states don't get the show yet but up here in Canada the show Ice Pilots features these guys who fly...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 2: Sat. May 22, 2010 Objectives: 1. Explore the City of Yellowknife 2. Visit Buffalo Air the guys on the TV show Ice Pilots http://www.icepilots.com 3. Visit old Yellowknife So, Day 2. That night we froze our buts off. Hehe. There was a pretty strong wind and the thermo on my watch...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 1 Con't I like signage and graphics. The age old argument up north. Entering Yellowknife we set out to set up camp. It took us I think a total of about 14 hrs with stops at the falls, 2 hrs for the ferry and a little stop in between. Will post Day 2 as I get to them.
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 1 Con't Crossing over to the other side, ferry takes 20 minutes to get across the weather started to clear up and we filled up at the first petrol station we found in Fort Providence. From here its was 319 km stretch up to Yellowknife. From what I saw there were no real service stations...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Day 1 Con't To get to Yellowknife you need to cross the Mackenzie River In the winter there is an ice road and in the summer a ferry takes vehicles over. The ferry called the 'Merv Hardie' is a free service provided by the Govt of NWT. Well since we decided to visit on the first long...
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    Trip Report: Peace River Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories May 20-24 2010

    Trip Report: Peace River, Alberta to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - May 20-24, 2010 Note: Please excuse the crappy pics - Planning on getting a better camera and taking some photography lessons. Day 1: Fri. May 21, 2010 Objectives: 1. Depart Peace River, Alberta 2. Cross 60th Parallel...
  18. TacoRocco

    Trailer ID

    Buy it then figure out what model it is. Thats an awesome price!
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    Scott's M416 trailer build begins

    Rock on dude! Thats an awesome setup! Love the colour and rim matches! Looks like you bought it with the Jeep.
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