For years I had wanted to\u00c2\u00a0go touring\u00c2\u00a0across Canada; to explore this beautiful land. The first time I had thought about it, I was still a student. I had looked at touring Canada packages; via train, and the prices were quite well beyond my budget, still being a student at the time. So, the idea faded away. A couple of years ago, when I finally got around to purchase my first motorcycle (I had the license for 4 years prior to that), the “road trips” concept was introduced to me, which is a common thing, if not a must,\u00c2\u00a0amongst motorcyclists. So, as I slowly started to explore the regions round me here in BC & WA; I eventually started setting my eye\u00c2\u00a0on bigger road trips. Cross Canada\/USA trips are pretty common.<\/p>\n
My first multi-day ride was in Vancouver Island, BC<\/a>. It was the Civic\/Provincial Day\u00c2\u00a0long weekend, a couple of years back. I had toured most of the roads, North & West of Nainamo, BC<\/a>. I rode up all the way to Port Hardy, BC<\/a>, to Tahsis, BC<\/a> and to Tofino, BC<\/a>. I suppose I should post\u00c2\u00a0the trip’s summary; one day!<\/p>\n From that trip I learned a lot. From what’s needed to make the ride more comfortable & enjoyable to knowing one’s limits to how long\/far can I ride in a given day; given the weather conditions.<\/p>\n My second trip, was down to Santa Clara, CA, which I had blogged about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n These two long trips where basically a training ground for my 11000Km+ ride; across Canada, that I knew Iwill eventually do. I just didn’t know when yet.\u00c2\u00a0Well, the cross-Canada multi-week motorcycle trip will start in a few hours. Stayed tuned for daily end-of-days updates\u00c2\u00a0(If I’m not too exhausted that is \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For years I had wanted to\u00c2\u00a0go touring\u00c2\u00a0across Canada; to explore this beautiful land. The first time I had thought about it, I was still a student. I had looked at touring Canada packages; via train, and the prices were quite … Continue reading