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.
I thought long and hard about the SPOT3 but ended up getting the SPOT2 earlier this week. I thought the Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to send short messages to be really cool but decided that I didn’t want to add the complexity of a smartphone app and ended up just getting the model with buttons.
Please post a review…
Review is simple…having the ability to send a LIVE message to 10 people was great especially on our last summers trip. You see my parents and Cheryl’s family tend to worry. My family as well. Tracking a trip and then being able to actually tell them we are really OK with the TM is helpful for piece of mind and the biggest PLUS, we never had to call anyone. I have no problems with the phone app. I did however forget to turn the BT on via the phone when you start up the Connect. Human error. SPOT 2 is just fine. It works and that is what counts..
I hope they add a rechargeable battery to their device one day but other than that I really do not think we would ever take a back country trip alone and without our Connect.
I think you may have answered my next question. WIth it mounted to the bike, can it be wired in to charge continuously?
nope no hard wiring unless you can rig something lol