Collin Hartl of Lintlaw, Saskatchewan, is an avid ATVer who has had a passion for the sport since he was 12. He loves getting out for a ride in the area around his hometown.

“It is really scenic around here,” said Hartl. “I grew up only a mile away from the forest reserve—we had farmland that was right beside it and that always made it more enjoyable—chasing cattle or guiding other people. Hartl said that on this farmland, one can find abandoned homes that belonged to early farmers who lived on the land almost 60 years ago.

“This is a huge area of the forest reserve and in the bush there are abandoned farmyards and houses,” said Hartl. “It is kind of neat to be driving in the middle of the deep bush and all of a sudden there is an old farmyard and it is kind of weird that it is all abandoned. Because it is a forest reserve no one can farm that land though.”

Hartl is one of the owners of Lintlaw Service, a Ski-Doo and Can-Am dealership. Running the shop can make life busy sometimes, but Hartl manages to find time to get out on his ATV.

“When I get a minute to go I have to just go,” said Hartl, “because if I wait to get something organized, then I miss out.”