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.
Nice video. A lot of it looked like they could have been riding around Monterey, Ca. which is where I grew up. I saw a sign for Spreckels Blvd. made me wonder if they were riding through Salinas, Ca. Then the lady said she was from San Francisco… We’ve talked about riding around that area and having a surfing/motorcycle trip. Boogie boards will fit across our panniers, but we just can’t figure out what to do with the wet wetsuits when we are finished surfing/boogie boarding…details.
put them in a dry bag!
Ive been on bikes since i was 10 or so. Started out on dirt bikes before i was old enough to get my licence. After 16 all i have ridden was pavement with many various street bikes. Now as i am 42 I am starting to look at going back to the dirt and picking up an old DP bike.. thanks for shareing this.
Funds are very limited, and i would be looking for a bike from the 90′s. Would you or any of you fine followers have a recomendation for me?
I would look for something Dual Sport…but not sure what was out there in the 90′s. Maybe someone else more savy than I will chime in.
you could get a nice 90s klr 650 for pretty cheap nice bikes too