#Fatbike #Bikepacking, a portion of 'The Boreal Trail'. Part 2

Grazing mother deer.

One of her 2 fawns that I saw, though I was told there were 3, I only saw 2.

Second fawn is in the bush if you can see them?

Time to eat.

Caught a ride back to the car and saw some bear on an old trail.

Caught a ride back to the car and saw some bear on an old trail.

Nice quiet park.

Part of the trail to Sukaw Esker.

Even unloaded some of the hills had to be walked due to tired legs.

Some of the many maps that are posted though you could not trust them completely I always took pictures.

Car camping and using a 4 man tent now.  :)

#Fatbike #Bikepacking, a portion of 'The Boreal Trail'. Part 1

Well due to forest fires through out the BC area, we changed our plans and went to Northern Saskatchewan. The Boreal Trail was overgrown, had lots of trees down in many places, and was not well marked in some keys areas. However the #adventure it provided, and new experiences gained, were well learned and enjoyed after the fact.
#Fire #smoke that has come all the way from BC caused the #sun not to show its real strong brightness and so #temperatures were lower then normal.
#Camping, getting #water, having a decent #sleep and preparing for another day of #riding, #bicycling while being #eaten alive by mosquitoes, sand flies, and black flies are all to be expected. #Wifey has lot of bites on her an I have one. Hmm??
This is a piecemeal of a few #pictures that we took.

Just about packed up and ready to roll.

Found a nice place to stop with a lake close by.

Bikes are parked for the night.

Wading out into the lake to get some water to filter. There was some boat scum floating on the surface.

This hill with lots of wood chips, was steep enough that we helped each other push the bikes up which we had to do on several steeper hills.

Open area with a river flowing between 2 lakes.

Trying to dry the fly out a bit so it is not so heavy.

Where do we go now?

The signs are there, both in the water and how will we cross? We scouted up and downstream and the only sensible solution.

Crossing a beaver dam with a fully loaded bike took awhile.

Water filter hanging station.

An open burned out fire area where you can see a ways.

There were so many low bush blueberries that we stopped and ate around here. YUM!!

Crossing a stream

Ugg! Some trail.

Crossing the dam which was over 150 meters long.

Fire smoke from BC covers the sun, and lowered the temperature.

Everything is just about packed up and the food bag is ready for the bear locker.

Bicycles ate locked and have their shower caps on. LOL.

Home made trail mix that has about 17 different kinds of stuff. Yum.

Preparing the beds.

#Fatbike #training and #riding

We just try to ride away from traffic as much as possible. These are a few pictures as we venture out into nature and the trails.
Riding on sand was a new experience for us, but we treated it like snow and we were ready to go. We will do this some more too.
When the winds come and blow down trees then you do more walking then riding.  :)
Loading up the bikes and doing some local tenting is a good experience.

Sand riding and hot was good practice for our planned bikepacking trip.

Set up in my sisters backyard who lives on an acreage.

About the highest elevation around, lol.

Ready to leave from the house.

The wind bows and the trees fall. We move what trees we can.

nature when we can.