- Travel ideas -
http://www.expeditionportal.com/
Adventure Motorcycle Rider – ride reports and photos
This guy travels the world in his unimog campervan!
http://www.2canadiansonbikes.com/ – friends of a friend – very jealous of their travels
http://members.shaw.ca/bjs1/interesting_roads_main.htm
Books read: Adventure motorcycling handbook, jupiter’s travels, long way down, long way round, motorcycle diaries, many large maps
and the places:
- Vancouver – Yukon – Alaska – Van. Island road / boat trip! – delica or motorcycle(s) – 2,412 km
- Backpacking to UK – specifically Scotland, Ireland, etc. – on the cheap, backpacks and tent and hostels
- Australia, backpacking on the cheap, rent motorcycle?
- Africa! endless possibilities.. where to start..
- South america!
- Italy, backpacking on the cheap, rent motorcycle?
- Thailand, maybe visit there while my brother still lives there? rent scooters, explore various regions, avoid hot/rain seasons
- Lower priority = Japan, Switzerland, China, NZ,
- Rediculous cross canada, back through the states road trip. Delica probably not ideal for this distance. 16,918 km
- Smaller Road trips from Vancouver. Car or motorcycle.: (distance is one-way)
- San francisco 1,500 km
- LA 1,700 km
- Mexico (tijuana) (includes seattle, portland, san francisco, LA, sandiego) 2,357 km
- Calgary 1,000 km
- Kamloops 357 km
- Tofino 280 km
- Interior (kelowna) 400 km
- Whitehorse 2,500 km
- Seattle 240 km
- Portland 500 km
- Sulpher Mountain BC.
Local spots to check out:
- 49°15′17.60″N 123°15′59.56″W
- 49°15′26.54″N 123°16′46.69″W
- 49.332904,-122.783697
- 49°27′20.82″N 123°10′50.92″W east lion
- 49°27′27.31″N 123°11′10.57″W west lion
- N 49° 20.024 W 122° 56.193
- cool hidden park in west van off marine drive
SUMMER THINGS
-Check out more of the many parks of vancouver, north van, west van, etc. :
1- look at vancouver in google maps
2- look at the green shaded areas
3- go to them
-Camp! squamish area, valley, interior, north, sunshine coast, islands
-Sasquatch festival!!!
-Come up with a reliable motorcycle and go to far away places
-Replace bastard stolen bike and bike more trails and places
-Swim more @ wreck beach
-Swim in the swimming holes in lynn canyon park
-Kyak – deep cove, belcarra, etc
-rent an outboard boat?
-Road trip to visit mom in bella coola. Mainland way? island way? circle route? van? motorcycle?
-Alaska ferry system to alaska. Like a cruise but cheap. Catch in bellingham – bella coola – Juneau AK!
-seymour demonstration forest (walk,bike,cruiser bike friendly)
-major hikes, scrables, climbs, multi-day backpacking stuff. http://www.trailpeak.com/egoogle/otherhelpzoom_details.jsp?cat=hike&con=display&val=bc
-scooter around the city to parks and beaches
-all the beaches in one day ????
-beach BBQ foods
-beach fires
-fireworks
