A windy storm arrived last night as I was pulling into camp, just setting up my tent without it blowing over proved challenging. The howls of the wind came with their strong gusts that tested the durability of my shelter as they beat relentlessly against the walls causing them to vibrate back and fourth in rapid oscillations. Strangely enough I slept through the storm with minimal interruption and woke up refreshed and ready to embrace the day.
There’s an abundance of great places to meet people depending on what you’re after and who you want to connect with. With today being Sunday I figured I’d go to a little church in town before getting back on the road, I arrived and took a seat. It was a small place but full of friendly people who greeted me with kindness. I met a man named Gerrit who lives in Alberta and knew some amazing places to venture that were a little less known to anyone but the locals, we exchanged numbers and I find myself looking forward to chatting some more with him and the discoveries I may have otherwise missed.
The church service was done and I was back on the road once more, I started heading southwest towards a small area called Enterprise, it rained on and off throughout the drive and I found myself taking breaks when I could. The rain had subsided for a little bit when I arrived at a beach along Great Slave Lake, eager to get some aerial footage I pulled out my drone to fly it. A native family was eating lunch nearby and two young boys greeted me eagerly wanting to see me fly the drone, I got all ready to fly it and right before taking off glanced at my gps, I was within 5.6km of an airport, dang! Drone rules are there for a reason and I try to be as responsible as I can with it, sadly I told the youngsters that I was unable to fly it due to being too close to the airport. As I was packing up the drone I began to chat with the woman there who was readying some smoked ducks, she offered me some and I couldn’t refuse, she even gave me a bag, napkins, wipes, I could tell she was a mother without a doubt. As she was packing everything up for me the rest of her family arrived and we chatted for a little before we parted ways. The kindness was appreciated and I cheerfully went on my way.
I realized it was getting late quickly, with the events of the day adding to the clock faster than I thought they would I decided to set up camp at Fort Providence. A gas station with wifi was nearby and I decided to take advantage and go about troubleshooting my blog, I made progress but found the process to be lengthy and a pain to figure out at times, life is busy enough as it is and dealing with troubleshooting can be a real headache sometimes. The sun was taking its final dip below the horizon as I made it back to camp to set up my tent, where will I end up tomorrow I wonder, time will only tell.
