{"id":322,"date":"2013-05-25T23:55:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T07:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moundji.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2013-07-17T20:05:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T04:05:03","slug":"okanagan-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moundji.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Okanagan Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, here goes my first ride of the season. Actually, I had intended to go for a long-weekend ride; last weekend. However, I had ordered a top case for my motorcycle, and I haven’t received it, yet. Even though I had placed the order online 6 weeks ago (5 weeks prior to my planned long-weekend ride of last week) I still haven’t gotten it! Since the weather is still not very predictable here in the Lower Mainland<\/a>, I would have needed to carry with me my rain gear, and my heated jacket liner. So, I cancelled my ride last weekend, and had almost canceled my ride today, due to “chance of rain”. Had I received my top case,\u00c2\u00a0 I would have made it a full weekend ride, and spent the night wherever, rather than just a day-ride.<\/p>\n

The reason I had wanted to go out today was to catch up to my friend Keith<\/a>, who’s doing a bicycle ride from coast to coast across Canada (See my own motorcycle across Canada trip<\/a>). He started his trip 4 days ago. And we thought it would be kind of fun to meet up wherever he’d be by today, and that I would ride there. And so I did.<\/p>\n

Obviously, I started my day late. I woke up late, and then I took longer to setup my motorcycle for the day. Initially, Keith and I planned to meet up in Osoyoos<\/a>. However, Keith had a change of plans, and I was running late, so we decided to meet in Penticton<\/a> around 1PM.<\/p>\n

I decided to follow the same route Keith had taken so far. I rode through Manning Park<\/a>. I’ve never been through these parts before. The ride was a bit cold, with occasional very light rain. Once I got to Princeton<\/a>, I was surprised to see how small of a town it is! I hear about it so much, I thought it would be… bigger! I stopped for some post cards, then off I went.<\/p>\n