Ferry to Vancouver Island

Tuesday Evening June 8 Martedi Sera 8 Giugno

Today we took the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria on Vancouver Island. It was a little over an hour ride. Motorcycles were the last on and the last off on this particular ferry. The weather was very nice today, it was almost warm which is very good riding weather. After getting through immigration (we are in Canada now) we headed north through Victoria on Highway 1. We are not really city tourists, we prefer the countryside. We took a couple of side roads along the beaches but mostly stayed on the highway. I did make one stop at a motorcycle shop to buy some tire irons. But they let me use their tire irons as I did not need another set. The tire on my right trailer wheel was getting fairly worn so I put the tire on that I had kept from my broken wheel. We were heading to Jan’s house in Qualicum Beach. Jan is a friend that stayed at the house during Balloon Fiesta last year. She met us with refreshments and had a “fish pie” ready to pop in the oven when we were hungry. But first we caught up on the latest news and then walked on the beach with her dog Madie, pronounced Maddy. This dog chases logs. Grab a BIG stick and throw it into the water and she swims out to it and brings it back. The bigger the stick the better she likes it. I also took advantage of the opportunity to clean my bike which really needed it. Then we had a great feed at dinner. The fish pie had fish, shrimp, prawns and calamari. Naturally we all overate so I took another walk after dinner. Tomorrow Jan will be our tour guide from the back of my motorcycle. And hopefully we will see the eagles that sit in the tree across the street each morning. Only 125 miles today.

Bikes on Ferry

On the road tire change

Oggi siamo partiti sul nave per Vancouver Island. Il tempo era bello finalmente. Siamo fermata al concessionario e ho prestito qualche atrezzi per cambiando una gomma dal mio carello. Siamo arrivati alla casa di Jan, un’amica che ha fatto una buona cena di tanti tipi di pesce. Anche ho pulito la mia moto. Domani Jan sara’ la nosta guida di Vancouver Island. 125 miglia oggi non incluso del nave.