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Yeah this is 75 degree weather alternatives. You would never make it a day with these methods in Florida or Deep South summers

It took me a little over a week with a strong emphasis on doing lots of driving. I would next time do it in a much more relaxed way.

@@theoccasionalexplorer wow, that's pretty quick, how many hours do you typically drive in one go?

It’s not uncommon for me to do 9 hours of driving when I’m trying to get as many kms as I can. I don’t recommend it however.

I’m not used to being in a hammock normally so I did feel a bit of back soreness the next morning.

The cree were exceeding welcoming and helpful to me. They were the only ones in fact that pulled over when they saw me parked to see if I needed help.

@@theoccasionalexplorer huh, they ignored me.

I’ll be driving the golden road in Maine this July. If the fj is maintained, you’ll be very happy with your purchase.

As far as I remember, it’s a homemade spring loaded trap. I can’t be certain of what the Cree themselves call it.

Someone might try and rob you in your house. At least this way your house is on wheels lol You think Joe Dirt would be scared to go out and live? Life’s a garden, Dig it!

The range is 350km on the James bay road. And if you want to go to the end of the road in caniapiscau you’ll need to do approximately 600km to go from the outfitter and back.

@@theoccasionalexplorer thanks. Is this a well traveled road? If a person were to have problems how long would it be before someone came along? I’d be going in June/July. On the Dempster/Dalton you only have to wait 5-10 minutes or so. I can see where it’d be nice to team up with some Jeep or truck guys as I’d hate to carry enough fuel for the trip.

The James bay road is well traveled as it serves as the only access to the creek villages of Eastman in the south, chisasibi in the north and the French town of raddison at the very top. The trans taiga is much less traveled but the first half has access to some camping so I’d suspect decent activity on the road. After the out fitter you’ll only see either an occasional hydro worker or if in hunting season, some First Nation Cree. When I went in September, I didn’t see anyone from the outfitter on. That was 600 km round trip from the outfitter and back with no one but myself. But since the hydro camps are there, I’d imagine that you’d see someone within a day not including the weekends.

I don't know the colour code but it's called Black Cherry.

Those are Pajar ICEGRIP MEN'S BOOT W/ ICE GRIPPERS.

Thank you so much for commenting. I did get to see quite a bit of wildlife but failed to catch them while driving. Bear, coyote, elk, river otters, pheasants. It was quite the trip!

Thank you I for watching and sharing your comment :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

I used the tent scotchguard on the top and have yet to experience any water ingress.

Scotchguard or not it’ll leak in medium to mild rain, I’ve experienced this, for Pete’s sake is a gazebo no matter how they advertise it. If you’re willing to take the chance of getting rained on with no other shelter, having your gear and yourself wet, go for it. Me I’d rather have my separate tent and enjoy the gazebo for what it is. Unless you’re pitching it in your back yard where you can always run home for shelter otherwise you’re far from home with not many options. I’m talking from experience.

Thanks for the tip

Hi Mari!

Thanks for the sub!

You’ll have to take that up with the Cree inhabitants of moosonee :)

Traditional Cree trapping? I had no idea they had steel traps and ski doos back then.. guess I have just learned something new

Glad it helped

No. This is open to the ground.

It's by far my favorite shelter to use for roominess, ease of setup, ease of tear down. I love that I can easily stand in it and has plenty of space. The floor being open to the ground is also a bonus for me as I needn't worry about making a mess. One drawback is It's not insulated enough for the deep cold winter but most of the year, its pretty good. Another drawback is the packup size. It's quite long.

I have the 5 panels Gazelle and a 4 panel 6’ one, I’ve camped inside the Gazelle one as a tent/gazebo 3 times. Is a Gazebo not a tent regardless of how is advertised if your intention is to use it as both don’t do it, the conditions need to be really good for it to work. My experience: used the big one in Baja, how cool to wake up, take the panels off and watch the ocean while on bed right? Since it doesn’t have a floor is not as stable and a big gust of wind collapsed it at 3 AM, not fun because I had to get my bag etc and sleep in the SUV sitting up. Another time in the mountains I used the smaller one just as shelter from the rain with all side panels and it leaked where the panels attach, luckily that time I knew better and could retreat to my tent with no leaks. Nowadays I use them only as they were intended to be used. As a gazebo they’re priceless keeping the bugs away day or night without mosquitoes, moths or suicidal beetles that come to die in the fire and hit your face in the process but I’ll never use them to substitute the good old trusty tent that can take heavy gusts and downpours, for that I have either a Gazelle T4 or going lighter a Decathlon Quechua 3 men tent, or my Alps Mountaineering, all these 3 tents have been through tough weather conditions without any issues and I can still enjoy the gazebo for what it is, a gazebo but not a tent. Hope my personal “suffering” lol can help you. 40+ years experienced tent camper here.

That sounds like an amazing adventure. My next big trip is is hopefully to Tuktoyaktuk also. Maybe we will cross paths midway. :)

Hi. I filled all of my gas canisters before I got on to the james bay highway as premium gas is nowhere to be found in the region (at least when I went) and it would be much cheaper to do it in a bigger city anyway. So if you have the cargo space, I suggest doing that. I did a fill up of my car at the relais at KM 381. Then I drove to the outfitter on the trans taiga having to use one of my 25 litre gas canisters to make the trip. I filled up with regular gas (only regular and diesel available) at the outfitter and filled my one used canister as well . Drove to the end of the road and back to the outfitter after some camping. I can't remember how many canisters I used to make it back. But if my fj (also manual!) can make it with all of the cargo I was carrying, you should be good too. I hope you enjoy your trip!!

Appreciate you.🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hi. I purposely went the first week of september to avoid the mosquitoes. The only issues I had were with gnats at that time. If you're going late June, you should prepare for mosquitoes, horse flies, gnats and the like. I have been in other regions in northern quebec during the june/july time frame and a good mosquito shirt with hood would make things a lot more bearable. Good luck.

I'm all for native rights, but Conibears, 300 hp outboard motors on commercial fishing boats, gillnets, spearing with 1,000,000 candlewatt power spotlights and ATV'S seems like a departure from deadfalls, birch bark canoes with tallow soaked torches dimly lighting the way. I've got just enough native in me to have those rights but it just doesn't seem right. Sure I have thought after my buddy and his kids snipe Whitetails at night where I hunt that I should enact my "rights" but it's just not me. I live in the U.P. of Michigan and I do so because of a good job and how it offers me an escape from the world when I'm not working. When I leave that good job I'm a part of nature. I live in a hand-built log cabin, all off grid. I have a outhouse and a composting toilet that my daughter uses. I get my potable water from a hand dipped well 200 yards away and my normal water from the lake I live on. Yes, I have solar power and a generator, using solar right now watching old Northern Exposure DVD's, chilling. As humans we need to step back and relearn our roots of who we are and how we survive. Something is stinking up the place and it's us.