My husband Al has always been a biker, the only time he didn’t have a bike was the years he lived in Calgary.  When we first moved to the island his first words driving the Sooke Road was, we need to get a bike. My only experience on a bike was a short ride down the alley when a neighbor got his bike when I was about 12 and riding on the back of a Yamaha Exciter with an old friend in Creston. 

We did get our first bike a Kawasaki from dealer here in Sooke shortly after we moved here.  On one of our trips to Calgary on the bike, we meet a couple from Wetaskawin Alberta who had a great deal on a 1982 Goldwing.  I was skeptical but Al wasn’t.  I think he had mentally brought the bike sight unseen.  We rented a car in Calgary and drove up (why rent a car – because Al knew he was going to be driving the Goldwing back and I needed something I could drive back to Calgary.  I love being a co rider with Al and we have had some incredible trips – the biggest and best so far is the trip across Canada and the US this last summer.  When financing and timing is right, I look forward to getting my own bike.