And Back to Campbell River

July 7th

On Sunday, after the CR Toy Run, we managed some really great riding with each other... actually all the way to Parksville before Jenn and I headed back home. But the great thing was that I was going right back up to Campbell River again on Monday morning.

Janice wanted one of the RIDE LIKE A PRO dvd's and so we decided to get one from Flo. What a blast. She got here at 10:00 am and we were off like a pair of rockets by quarter past. We actually got to Campbell River by 12:45, and that's with making a stop for gas in Lantzville as well as stopping once along the highway for a brief break.

Dragon had suggested that I should let Janice lead because I tend to be a faster rider. I told Janice that, and well, didn't she just step on it. The highway to CR is fast to begin with, with limits set at 110 instead of the usual 90 km per hour. We sure did that speed and then some.

Once we got into town, we stopped at a Timmy's and called Flo... geesh she practically lives around the corner from that place. She came to escort us and we spent a few minutes at her place and I got the great leather legs from her, and then we were off. Well, we stopped for lunch at a Dairy Queen (they now serve wraps). Then we managed to ride a fair bit around Campbell River until Flo found the parking lot where we'd started the Toy Run off from. She wanted to do some practicing there. She made us do some u-turns and figure 8 maneuvres and I have to say I was quite pleased with my performance. I'm getting better at this all the time.

I asked Flo to try it on my Little Hussy and she admitted that it was difficult... yep, the Hussy has a lot of her weight up high. I'm glad I'm learning how to work with that, and I'm pretty sure I'll be just great by the time my road test comes up. Janice is struggling a little with the slow maneuvres... mind you, she's not used to the kind of bike she got herself, and she's probably thinking back to the smaller bikes she was riding some years ago. She's just great on the highway though, and sure sits that bike well. She's riding a Vulcan 500cc bike... would you believe that thing has cruise control. Flo did some practicing on it as well, and said it was easier for her than my bike had been. I think it's a question of getting used to mine.

We also rode into Courtenay... Flo took us on a nice twisty route to get there. We met up with Mark and Flo's brother Eric, and I entered the showroom and fell in love with a Yamaha VStar. Ah, if only I could win a lottery.