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.
Ha Good add doing stuff few will ever do with their F800. Can you see yourself doing that on yours? Check this out. Lots of folks are jonesing a 800RT but looks like BMW may be looking at a more street oriented touring model of the 800
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/09/spy-photo-bmw-f800gt/
Of course we will be doing that with our 800′s…we wish! LOL BMW should add to their fleet a light sport touring bike with the capacity though to have bigger nicer looking panniers than that spy pic lol
I think there is a demand for a lighter touring bike then the R1200RT. I am looking at the RT as the next step for long range trips.
We were thinking that would be our retirement bike after we grow out of the DS world!
My thoughts also and Iike the idea of a smaller lighter bike. The 800 engine has more than enough power to do the job.
it really does
I love the gratuitous slow-mo machine-porn shots.
But most of all I wish I could make my bike move about like they can!
I wish I could edit my videos like this