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 that was a very cool video, good find. I was also wondering on some of the roads you girls road calcium chloride was used on the roads, did this cause any corrosion on the bikes?
Jim
I think if we left the crud on the bikes I bet there would have been corrosion. We tried to keep them clean any chance we got. The chains would show rust spots but with a deep cleaning as well they too would go away. The Pipes looked awful when we got back….if we kept the bikes we would have taken the whole exhaust system off and dipped it into some cleaning stuff to try to get them back into better shape. Other than that, the main cosmetic parts on the bikes looked pretty darn good after all that.
Thats good to know, I know you did clean the bikes when you had the chance on the ride. I have worked with calcium chloride and know how fast it can cause corrosion on some metals. I also just saw your post on not buying the Triumphs, too bad you could not work out a deal on the bikes, but you two had a test ride the rest of us can only dream of. And thanks again for such a great ride report.
Jim
agree about the test ride….
Hi there
It is great to watch the first ride video over here, thanks for sharing
Thanks
Adam