So I think I'm the luckiest feller on earth.... Here are just a few reasons why. #1. I have a great Wife that not only understands my need to travel by Motorcycle, she supports me and encourages (doesn't discourage) me when I decide to go on a ride.
#2. I have 2 great traveling motorcycles.
#3. I have a business that requires some travel and I can decide how I want to go. Drive, Fly, Ride... it's my choice.
We have some potential business overseas that we are pursuing. The contacts on this file are both in the Okanagan Valley. So... it's spring time... relatively good weather = "have motorcycle will travel"...
My routing was to go west on #1 from Calgary to Revelstoke, and then south to Nakusp and eventually go to B.C.'s #2 destination Highway taking me west to Vernon, and then south to Kelowna. This very nice trucker (Les) allowed me to be first in line and avoid a 3 hour ferry wait. 
I'm in the bow of the ferry completely out of the way of any other ferry boat riders. Very nice of Les to let me go first. 
There is quite a bit of construction on #1 and the flagging people actually recommend that motorcycles ride the shoulder to get up in the front of the line... so no waiting and no eating traffic dust and fumes. Some of the lines were up to 2 km long.... NICE!
Here's another short "cable" ferry that I was able to get front row seating for. The ride from here to Vernon is "WOW" twisty, remote, very scenic, just a sweet riding experience. When I got on the small ferry, I did a walk around the bike to check it out. I knew leaving Calgary that the rear tire would need a new one soon but thought I could get to the Okanagan and back.... Not so, my walk around revealed steel cord showing in a 1" wide strip, needless to say I took it pretty easy for the rest of the way to Kelowna. I left the bike at a dealer in Kelowna and put some new shoes on the R1100BCR.... Hmmmmm.... new shoes, nice! I find riding enjoyable for a lot of reasons .... one of which is that when I ride I'm hyper sensitive to the environment, like road surface, traffic, everything around that could have an influence on my trajectory. There is no time to get involved in the worries of the world, cuz' I'm riding.
This is Derik from Germany.... Nice guy, traveling with his wife and a 2 year old.
to flag people, to gas station employees, even some traffic, in the big picture it's the writers opinion that people are generally good. 
I think we all have moments where we are disappointed with our actions but again by a large margin, most people are good most of the time.
This kind of pull outs and scenery is abundant. Great Ride... The only way it could have been better is to share it with Nola...
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