Vancouver Island Day Ride

Done deal. Thanks Jason

 

Glad you like it, you lost your Rainier badge though in your signature...

edit: I see your in the middle of fixing it.

 

Not having any luck. I seem to get one or the other, Advise?

 

add this under your text part. NO SPACES after the first G's in IMG...

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Campbell River to Gold River indeed would be a nice ride. WHy not continue up to Thasis?

 

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Going to try to get the day off Would love to come along! Getting very comfy on my new baby:thumbsup: just turned 2500km and loving every minute on her!! Mark

 

I think I saw you on Hwy 1 a little bit ago headed to the P-Man from Burnaby.... I was going west.

Anyways, if you need me to talk to your boss I will. You must attend :wink:

 

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Hey Jason hows it going

That very well could have been me on the P.Man bridge,i live in the Guildford area,i think i remember seeing a bike going west, buy them self? Im not the best at spotting VFRs yet,Ive seen one out at Cultus Lake a few months ago and thats been the only one ive seen! and i have been all over the place this summer! As far as the ride goes im trying realy hard to make it. Its looking good so far:thumbsup:

 

Sign me up! I'll take the 5:30am ferry from Bowen Island and MUST be back on the 7pm from Swartz Bay (to make the last ferry back to Bowen that night).

 

I really need to get off my ass and get a passport so I can do stuff like this...In my defense Canada is a long way on some boring ass freeway from Salem, Oregon

 

Come early and stay late: we have a guest room.

 

This is a major Hmmm as if I don't get a certain flying gig I may have to jump on in with this one, but notice that's a May LOL I have my passport, now to look at the PA ferry times to see how that plays into it, that drive up the canal is so unpredictable.

 

Thursday is a no go for me, but Friday would work fine...I'll keep on eye on this thread incase things change for me or the ride day

 

Right now it looks good for me. Count me in.

 

Good to hear that you're joining us Raro!

BTW guys, will it be OK if my bro from Edmonton joins us in his K1200S? He plans to be on the island that week and he asked if he could tag along for the day ride.

Also the breakfast at my place is out, sorry guys.
My wife was supposed to be off that day and she agreed to help with the breakfast before getting the kids ready for school. But today she found out that she has a training course that day that she cant get out of. That means I have to get the kids ready for school that day and it would be impossible to organize a breakfast for everyone as well. Anyway, my plan now is after sending the kids off to school, I'll hook up with the group at Timmys on Millstream Rd for breakfast before the ride. If anybody else have a suggestion please feel free to share.

Thanks.

 

Ok, it's 10 days and counting.........14 day forecast looks good for the 10th, above average temps for Victoria (20+) and just below average for Lake Cowichan (15+) and it looks like it will cloudy with sunny breaks.

From reading everyones travel plans, I'm guessing that we should be able to meet up at 0800-0830 hrs at Tim Hortons at Millstream Rd for breakfast. If you prefer to eat somehere else, I know of a couple of places along the way. Mom's Kitchen in Sooke, Coastal Cafe in Port Renfrew and Dermod and Dudleys in Lake Cowichan.

If anyone has other suggestions pls chime in.

 

I have done the drive to Port Renfrew, but didn't know you could go on to Lake Cowichan?
Tim Hortons, Mom's Kitchen (haven't tried) I am good with anywhere. As for your brother, I say bring him along!

 

Of course Borg bring him, I always wanted to get a K1200S :wink:

Looking forward to it, it's going to be fun and different for us mainlanders.

If one of those other places is special maybe we should try one of them. I don't mind Timmy's either. Mom's Kitchen kinda sounds cool.

Do we need anything special for the ferry ride for those that have done it. Tie downs etc?

 

Get on it man, never know when your gonna have to "run" to Canada anyway :biggrin: May as well have the passport in hand.

 

Nope. The ferry corp offers wood block wedges (one fits perfectly under my folded centerstand on the side opposite the kickstand) to prevent tipping over.

I'll go wherever the group wants.