Vancouver Island | First Night Motorcycle Camping 

Most dogs are ‘friendly’ when there’s food around🦮🤪🇬🇧

Cool, I hope I do it justice!

CRITTER!!😁

@@pacopetepnw3434 PacoPete!!!

Haha! I spotted that, too. The allegiance to mediocre beer that isn’t even local is bizarre.

If you're coming from the north east into Washington state catch highway 20 through the orchard towns and on to the Northern Cascade Loop. It's known to be the most scenic highway west around the Cascade Mountains. You'll come into the area from the North, and As you reach the coast you cross onto Fidalgo Island then Whidbey Island, following highway 20 south through Whidbey the whole time. That highway ends in Clinton at the ferry boat landing that takes you to the mainland at Mukilteo. They load the motorcycles first(in the front of the ferry boat). There was only two motorcycles, and the other guy was from Rochester, New York. I was riding my Yamaha FJR1300a. Atlanta, Georgia my starting point. it was mid August in 2016. 7835 miles and 19 states. Visited my son in the Seattle area. The northwest coastal region is an adventurers paradise. So much to see, if you're willing. It was hands down the best motorcycle trip I've ever taken. I went in mid August. The weather in the Seattle area was perfect. Sunny, 78 degrees. Hurricane Ridge to view Mount Olympus should be on your bucket list too. I was 56 years old and rode 7835 miles in 20 days. Hotels every third night, and camped where ever I could the rest of the time. I was limited by the machine I rode, but it was okay. In some instances I camped several yards from my cycle. We have an enormous and diverse country. I saw Glacier National Park outside of Kalispell, Montana, and speaking of Montana what a ride. There's a reason they call it "big sky country". Rode through the Badlands of South Dakota on the way. Stayed in Bozeman overnight, then rode for over four hours the next day in rain storms, before it cleared up, and I had a stupendous ride for the rest of the way to Kalispell. The second half of the day was like a sweet reward for the first half, but in truth with my face shield treated with Rain-X, the ride in the rain was enjoyable too. From Seattle I hopscotched through Oregon, going inland to Eugene to see my nephew, then to the Oregon coast which I couldn't miss. Then the PCH through Cali. There is nothing, in my opinion, like a long motorcycle journey, with the wind blowing over you, to lift your spirits, and make you feel like you're part of God's universe. No timeline if you can. Just go the way you feel is right.

idk..101 Shelton to Sequim/Port Angeles has quite a bit of RV traffic Memorial-Labor. Shoulder season is probably ideal timing.

The BMW Navigator Didn’t work even after replacing the unit four times. I had to switch to a Zummo XT

Great video Starling Your trips are so full of Adventure I like It This Summer I Will try to do Ca' weekend like you Bye

Agreed, The endings in this series are all pretty abrupt. 😯

It’s going to take a few episodes before my stress level goes down. I was pretty exhausted after filming the Oregon, BDR and I have been on the road for over a month making videos every day at this point in the journey. But trust me, I do slow down relax and have a mad amount of fun in the upcoming episodes.

I have lived in Canada all my 59 years, I have never heard ANYONE refer to Vancouver as "the island" -- maybe "Vancouver island." Must be a Pacific thing?

@@Wingnut_Stickman I'm from BC. We all call Vancouver Island the "island".

@@jeffbone8475 :)

@@Wingnut_Stickman BCer here. Can confirm it’s The Island.

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It’s the fucking Seattle traffic that will get you down…

On the Fuji camera, I use the 10 to 24 and 55 to 200 during the day and then I switched to the 16 mm F1.4 and 50 mm F2 in the evening.

It’s a Garmin Zummo XT to replace the BMW NAV six which was not working.