The Life of Brad

In this month, another great trip to Vancouver Island, sold the Africa Twin, more fun Golf, a little mini BUB Crawl and my neighbour hitting my house with an Arrow, wtf?? Plus Neighbourhood Party, new Action Camera, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, CIFF and ADIT hits 10 years!

Maiden and Last Voyage
for Spirit

Another rip out to Vancouver Island stopping at Shuswap and Salt Spring before selling Spirit in Kelowna. A quick 6 day tour and it was fantastic!

Posted the Africa Twin for sale 3 days before I was taking a different motorbike on the trip and sure enough a guy from interior BC wanted it. We made a deal that I would ride it to the Islands and drop it off on my way home.

Day 1-2 (600km to Anglemont/Shuswap). Fun ride on knobby tires but more vibration than normal and surprised it still handled well. Thanks for hosting Art and thanks Curt for cooking! Always a good old time. Got to get one of those taylormade drivers, yeehaw!

Entering the Rock Mountains

Chased down by the Hells Angels!

I'll let them go ahead thank you very much

Three Valley Gap

Curt's dogs so comfortable
for a brother and sister

A fun 9 with Curt, Art and Herb

Day 3-4 (500km to Cobble Hill). Off highway 1 Northwest to 99 and down to Horseshoe Bay to ferry over to Nanaimo to stay with Brian and Dallas for a few nights. Thanks guys!

Still lots of burnt trees from last year

Pavillion Lake on 99

in route to Lillooet

Saw a Bear! just out of Lillooet

Always a little red tree

Stop on Green Lake for break

Looks good , but maybe chilly??

oops, car accident that shut us down for 40 min

Backed up for maybe 10km.

One of the crashers

second crasher

On the ferry checking out this
relic. Maybe late 80's?

An assortment of bikes

Crossing Strait of Georgia

Delicious Vietnamese!

Brian's new CNC toy

Blue and Buck are so sweet

Thanks guys!

Day 5-6 (40km to Salt Spring Island) A quick jump over to the little hippy island to hang with John and Jess at their Organic Farm. Thanks guys!

Composting composting

great view from the tent

Alpacas, cute, but so timid.

Chilly, but super comfy

A little beach day

Another recommended spot

Jelly fish waiting for the tide

Huge Organic Zucchini!

Day 7 (400 km to Kelowna) A few firsts unbelievably after coming to the coast every year for quite a while now. So...Ferry first from Long Harbour to Vancouver via a bunch of Island stops before arriving at Tsawwassen. Then after the slow ride out through traffic to turn at Hope and get on Hwy 5 (Coquihalla) that I hadn't been on since they took the road tolls away in 2008.

6am start

On the ferry milk run back from Salt Spring to Vancouver.

Looks comfortable

just another marina full of
sailboats.

Incredible early morning ferrying out from Long Harbour, Salt Spring Island.

Taking in sunrise...

Below deck car port

Open up ferry, Vancouver here I come.

cute bird

Slow through Vancouver

Coquihalla is open!

Fastest highway I know of in Canada 120kph!

Coquihalla rating C5R8/9T2V8

Then on to Hwy 97c to get to Jason and deliver him the awesome Africa Twin "Spirit" C5R8T2V8.

Okanagan Lake

Kelowna

Such a tasty tomato
Thanks Johnny

Loading up

See ya buddy

Thanks for the ride to the Airport too.

Wild story, this couple on their
first flight ever!!!

Mini BUB Crawl with Nate, Kade and myself. A nice day for a big bike ride.

Ole Beautiful burnt down since the last year

At Cold Garden still with the best prices!

Blues Can is always good!

The long ride home, haha

Look at the neighbourhood party across the street. Didn't expect to open my door to that.

While researching cameras I came across this ridiculous (what should have not been posted) take of the reviewers son eating pavement! I was so surprised.