I had been bugging Bill to appear in my Blog as a guest columnist, but he wasn't keen to the idea, but I persisted! He was adamant it wasn't his thing, but I thought it would be neat to hear the same story we are experiencing together, from his perspective. He is writing on an iPad so I cut him some slack as it took him about 3 days to get it in to me. Here it is completely unabridged or edited, except for some formatting; Hi, my name is Bill and I'm Lou's BIL ...

Yeah! I got to sleep in! After our racuous night of revelry in Dease Lake (not Dat Lake! See, still funny!) I negotiated a slight reprieve from Bill, a 0930 departure instead of 0900! I had actually asked for 1000 initially, but he counter offered. I'll know for next time and ask for noon! Bill had another surprise for me, that morning he had purchased a small jerry can that fit in his trunk, a 10L gas can that would effectively double his range! Now I was the r...

Awoke to a gun metal gray sky and persistent rain. It was the all too rare kind of motorcycle trip day where you know it is in your best interests to put your rain suit on right from the git go. No negotiating with Mother Nature, hoping for a rainfall reprieve just because you detest being ensconced in a plastic bag. During the 5 minutes it takes to pack the bike, 3 trips from my inside door'ed room, my shirt and hair are pretty wet. I leather and plastic up ins...

Up on time, greeting a beautiful blue sky day. At some point I had mentioned to Bill that I like to put on 100 kms or so before breakfast. Not to belabor the point, but it is usually lunch for me! Bill reminds me of this so we skip the A&W at the end of town and hit the highway. Sadly I interpret this statement as 'let's hit the road', and as I don't need to gas up, I presume neither does he. Stopping at the side of the road for a nav check just outside of t...

So with trip planned out, at least in principal, I was up at 0830ish and raring to go! My sister Agnes had a great breakfast prepared including fresh peaches and a glass of Mango juice, very tropical for a boy from the prairies! We departed shortly after 0900, maybe a little bit late, and it took about 47 seconds for Bill and I to fall back into our riding routine. With some people it comes naturally, its just like riding a bike! Same thing with my BFF Rob Pakai...