Motorcycle Adventures

It is with some considerable sadness that I write about our 2009 Nelson trip.  With our impending move I will need to sell my Burgman soon. This makes me very sad as a considerable amount of joy comes from my time riding.  My bike also represents a huge amount of personal time invested in creating the perfect bike for me, and it holds so many great memories.  It will be painful to sell it.

Along with the loss of the bike comes the realization that, at best, we will not be back to Nelson for many years.  We also may not have the opportunity to vacation with our friends for years, and Nicole and I will not ride together again for some time.

We will also not be able to ride any more of BC’s wonderful roads for some time to come, if ever, as even when we vacation here, we may not be able to rent bikes.

It is the end of a chapter and I’m feeling the loss.  While there are many great things to come, and I will buy another bike, I can’t help but feel sad as our trip has come to an end.

Well we had plans to go to ride the Oregon coast near the end of July. Sadly our little dog Mandy had to have urgent dental work done unexpectedly. We found this out just the day before we were due to leave for our trip. Mandy’s dental work was booked for Monday morning, and we cancelled our trip

Mandy’s procedure went very well, and after a couple days we felt we would be ready to do something for our vacaton. We were very kindly invited to stay with friends in Calgary. I won’t right any more about our trip in this blog. We had a very nice time.

Well a little bit, NO, a LOT of fun was had today with our best friends Eryk and Michelle, as Nicole and I spent our day hopping from bike to bike and scooter to scooter at the 2009 Motorcycle Show.

It was a good show this year, but not a lot was new.  It was the first year where none of us went looking for something specific to buy, though Nicole and I did pick up a map of motorcycle routes in BC that we’ve been looking at for a coulple years…

None the less it was an enjoyable time, and the time spent with our friends was great.

Wow, Nicole got her tattoo finished on Monday. It’s amazing. I’ve just seen there photos for the first time and had to share!

My girl is so beautiful!!!!

Ok, so I know it’s not really a motorcycle adventure, but, tattoos are very often related to motorcycle riders right?! And Nicole rides a motorcycle, right?! And I can do whatever I want on my web site, so there!

After work last night, Nicole had the second of 3 or 4 visits for her chest tattoo. Mikel, her tattoo artist, is fantastic.

Here are some snapshots: