2012 has been an interesting year...Leslie got a new job and is now working for BC Transplant as an Organ Donation Coordinator and Organ Donation Specialist.
Cheryl continues to do well in her police career and we got engaged. Wedding will be next August 2013. More info please read below.
Cheryl and I met in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. We kept in touch over the year via the internet plus flying back and forth. Before we both knew it I moved all the way across the country to a new country no less in march 1998 and been here ever since. I, meaning Leslie grew up in New York on Long Island where her family still remains except my brother.
Went to College in upstate NY and grad school back on Long Island where I got my Masters Degree in Social Work. In 1999 I started working as an Intensive Care Unit Social Worker at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC and loved my job after all those years.
Cheryl grew up in the lower mainland of BC and many of her family members are here as well. Beautiful place to grow up and go to school. Throughout Cheryl's teenage years and adulthood she worked for her mother's family business. However, at the ripe old age of 35 she decided to embark upon a career in law enforcement which she has been enjoying for over 5 years. Cheryl has found a passion within the Police force working with kids in schools.
We have been together as partner's for 15 years and after Cheryl graduated Depot (Police Training) we both got motorcycles and our licenses. I grew up on bikes and Cheryl always wanted to learn to ride. Learning was easy for Cheryl and getting back on a bike for me just made sense. Cheryl thinks I am obsessed with bikes but to be honest once she is on the road I can't stop her.
Cheryl loves video games, I love wild life, Cheryl dreams about white sandy tropical beaches, I dream about seeing the polar bears in Hudson Bay, Manitoba.
Opposites attract and we both share a passion for adventure motorcycle touring. We learned this after buying our first 2010 BMW F650GS bikes. We travel well together making sure we are both taking care of ourselves. Cheryl is the brains, mechanic, navigator and packer, I am the organizer/planner.
Cheryl is the quiet one, I am the loud New Yorker. Cheryl loves video games, I love live web cams featuring Bald Eagles, Falcons, osprey's and Owls. In the end it seems to work.
wow, amazing. Congratulations, i wish you health for repeat a travel like this.
repeat travels….love that…we do too….thanks!
Great pictures. I was going to take my Harley Ultra classic, but looks like you really need and enduro on/off road bike to really enjoy the country side.
all Harley owners we met were glad they made the trip but would never take their bikes back because of the damage they all sustained. Not from falling but the flying rocks and bottoming out so much etc. I recommend a DS of some kind to not only have a great time but not worry about your bike all the time. Harley’s can do a lot of the trip but you would miss 1000′s of miles of off the main road sights.
If anyone buys a Tiger because of this BLOG please mention our ride…..we highly recommend DS riding
Looks like an awesome journey! I might have to get a Tiger next, or as well.
we say go for it!
Great Photos, continued good luck on your adventures,
Jim S.
Tiger 800
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a Tiger owner! Then you know what we are talking about eh?
Very nice. Those pics should sell more than a few Tigers.
wouldn’t it be nice if the pics sell some bikes we get something in return? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm