Rocketman
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I've been meaning to put this HRR together since we got back in July but with one thing and another just never got around to it .Well here goes please try and bare with me as I'm a bit of a technophobe but I'll try and give as much info as I can ,and With a bit of luck it might inspire someone else to go and experience something similar for themselves .
We flew into a sunny seattle on the 20th of June late in the day we checked into our hotel near the airport and after a very poor meal at a nearby diner we hit the sack .
It took me forever to go to sleep i was both a nervous wreck and as excited as a blind puff in hot dog factory And snoozed for maybe 3 hrs max ,Anita slept like a bloody log as usual .
On the morning of the 21st June we jumped into a taxi heading for eagleriders seattle HQ in burrien only 15 min drive from all the airport hotels.
While I sorted the paperwork inside I left Anita to try and shoehorn our luggage into the bike's panniers ,after that was done the nice guy sorted some storage for the suitcases and we where ready for the off .
At this stage I must confess to bluffing the salesman at wolverhampton harley into giving me a test ride on one of these bikes a few weeks previous so I had a little bit of a head start on using all the controls ,but shit the first 10 minutes were a bit sketchy to say the least .
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So we were on our way a nice steady day today just getting use to the bike
Just 3or4hrs over the border up to vancouver .mainly highway but still fab views and just soaking up being on a bike on a different continent happy bunny's we were.
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Vancouver is somewhere I'd wanted to show Anita as a few years ago I was lucky enough to have briefly visited and really liked the place and with Anita Being more of a city lover than me she was bound to love it .
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Tonight we where stopping at this place http://victorianhotel.ca/
Smack bang in the middle of downtown and with secure bike parking at the rear .
We were All checked in by 4pm and straight out again to spend a lovely evening taking in the sights all around downtown .https://www.tourismvancouver.com/vancouver/neighbourhoods/gastown/
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Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
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We had a great meal at the spaghetti factory in gastown and then back to the hotel
To do what honeymooners do in the evening .
We flew into a sunny seattle on the 20th of June late in the day we checked into our hotel near the airport and after a very poor meal at a nearby diner we hit the sack .
It took me forever to go to sleep i was both a nervous wreck and as excited as a blind puff in hot dog factory And snoozed for maybe 3 hrs max ,Anita slept like a bloody log as usual .
On the morning of the 21st June we jumped into a taxi heading for eagleriders seattle HQ in burrien only 15 min drive from all the airport hotels.
While I sorted the paperwork inside I left Anita to try and shoehorn our luggage into the bike's panniers ,after that was done the nice guy sorted some storage for the suitcases and we where ready for the off .
At this stage I must confess to bluffing the salesman at wolverhampton harley into giving me a test ride on one of these bikes a few weeks previous so I had a little bit of a head start on using all the controls ,but shit the first 10 minutes were a bit sketchy to say the least .
Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
}
So we were on our way a nice steady day today just getting use to the bike
Just 3or4hrs over the border up to vancouver .mainly highway but still fab views and just soaking up being on a bike on a different continent happy bunny's we were.
Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
}
Vancouver is somewhere I'd wanted to show Anita as a few years ago I was lucky enough to have briefly visited and really liked the place and with Anita Being more of a city lover than me she was bound to love it .
Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
}
Tonight we where stopping at this place http://victorianhotel.ca/
Smack bang in the middle of downtown and with secure bike parking at the rear .
We were All checked in by 4pm and straight out again to spend a lovely evening taking in the sights all around downtown .https://www.tourismvancouver.com/vancouver/neighbourhoods/gastown/
Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
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Untitled by gavin jones, on Flickr\
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We had a great meal at the spaghetti factory in gastown and then back to the hotel
To do what honeymooners do in the evening .