Author: Marg V

Welcome to my blog. As a bit of a background ~ I am a middle aged woman who lives on Vancouver Island, Canada. But first and foremost, I am a motorcycle enthusiast. Here on the coast, even though we are Canadian, there is an opportunity to ride all year round (although some days during the winter are "iffy"). I used to ride a relatively 'small' cruiser as defined in today's market - a Canadian Anniversary Edition 2008 Vstar 650 Silverado which was a bike I truly fell in love with. Although it was a smaller bike, to be honest I'm a smaller woman. I stand 5' 2" in my stocking feet and only have a 27" inseam, which rules out quite a few of the bikes out there. In 2013 I had the opportunity to upgrade to a monster cruiser - a 2009 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic and now, my new steed is a 2016 Harley Davidson Heritage Soft tail. Anyways - as we travel along this road we call life I'll reveal a bit more about myself (at some points it might prove to be too much). Come along with me.

Long time…..

motorcycle

Long time no hear. But for a good reason. I’ve been riding!

This year was a bit of a banner year and the weather is still proving to be warm and sunny. For the past few weeks, my valley has been the hot spot in Canada on numerous occasions. Today it was 27 C – a quick conversion to Fahrenheit is to double that and add 28. Which means that riding season has been longer.

I started the riding season off with just a tad over 31,000 km and just rolled over to 43,600 km. Quite an accomplishment. And I completed the Iron Butt Saddle Sore – just waiting for my verification on that one.

This year saw a banner year for the Port Alberni Toy Run. The last few years have been surreal due to COVID and the weather. 2021 saw 400 bikes. 2022 saw over 1100 bikes show up because of gorgeous weather and people who just wanted to come back together and enjoy themselves.

There are a number of website that do this justice but i will leave this one for your viewing enjoyment for the time being – until next time :

it was an amazing time – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qBFSF3wPeY