Slave Lake, Alberta, June 15 to 18, 2023
Adventures in our new Backpack RV trailer are about to begin!
Years of tent camping and backcountry overnight hiking with our family, have been exhilarating and we’re not ready to give that up! But we are ready to have, a little more comfort. So here we are with an altogether different kind of backpack. A cozy 14 foot RV with a double bed, a table for two, solar power for electricity if needed, and all the amenities an RV offers.
We reserved a site at beautiful Slave lake, a lake with sandy shores and long views in the boreal forest. Little did we know what adventures and beauty we would experience over these 3 days.
The first evening we were keen to get to the beach to explore, with our beloved Alaskan Husky, Kanga.
The beautiful lake captivated us and the next day we were on the beach just as a storm was brewing. The clouds were ominous, dark and threatening but we just could not leave!
Suddenly cloud watching was no longer an option! This is really going to happen! To us!! We raced up the stairway, and down the forest path – mmm… wrong turn! Now we were on the long way back to our camper and before we knew it the rain pelleting down had turned to hail and the wind was wild. We needed shelter quickly. Well there is nothing like an outhouse when you’re in a hail storm. Thankfully it was a larger structure with a pit toilet in the far corner – we had a roof over our heads and no bad smells. The storm surged past and into the rain we dashed again to our small home away from home, our trailer. Soon we were warm and dry. A good book, a glass of wine and music… we were just fine. This was the goal of, ‘a little more comfort’, that we aimed for with our move to trailer camping.
We enjoyed unbelievably long daylight hours as we neared the summer solstice in northern Alberta . These photos were taken after 10:00 PM.
We heard warblers and vireos in the tree tops during the day and watched the bats catch bugs in the growing dusk. It was a perfect escape in our Backpack trailer.
Stay tuned for more adventures.
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