Vancouver Island | Riding from Port Renfrew to Bamfield 

Take your time, man! I never understand the rush for travelers to hurry from one place to another. If you have the time, savor the journey. It's your life, after all, and you're so fortunate to be able to make these trips. Savor every bite, feel every mile, be replenished with every drink, and bathe in the wonder :)

This is the only channel I like the video before watching. Amazing shots as always!

Bears have a phenomenal sense of smell. Cooking, especially goodies like smokies would attract them from many miles around.

Vancouver island is beautiful and magical! I’m so glad you’re showing off my backyard and enjoying it while you’re here.

Sterling is better than gold man 👌🏻

Hello from Finland! This is my kind of motorcycle travelling. Taking it easy, having some good food on the camp site🙂 Your videos are also super quality, thank you ❤

"give yourself the gift of time" great statement, one we all should live by! 11:32

GOOGD GOOOD GOOD.

Love the adventure videos, with focusing on the small things that make it so worth it. Nice job as always.

The Pacific Northwest really is a fantastic spot to visit and camp. But I also find myself needing to slow down and enjoy the world around me.

The lucky among us get to ride motorcycles. The luckiest among this select group get to go motorcycle camping on trips like this, and enjoy the most expensive way to live like a hobo. Thank you for taking us along! :D

Great episode Sterling. I agree, slowing down and really "seeing" Vancouver Island is what it's all about. That's why we live here.

So glad i waited to see it on the home TV. I cannot wait to see the whole trip.

I'm ironing while watching your vlog and because of you chores are most fun :)

BC looks amazing through your lens.

What you said about time - I completely agree. A traveller (elephanttoindia) gave me this piece of advice: If you plan a trip, half the miles and double the time. Hope you won't encounter bears (we probably can't avoid them next week in Romania), Günter/Nürnberg

lived in BC for years... now in AZ... two beautiful yet completely different landscapes!

Man, this video feels like a fresh reset to your ride x Great to see you looking more relaxed after the work/ urban interrupted last video x Always appreciate the honesty of your videos x Great seeing you get your mojo back brother. We all have those days when travelling, but not many speak of it.

Seems you lucked into some good, fog free weather on the west coast. It’s a fantastic island home, but being a rainforest, there’s no guarantees of the sunshine you were fortunate enough to experience.

I know how hard it is to ride film I am amazed with your stuff

Your in one of the best places in the world . Take your time and let it seep in .

Excellent…Vancouver Islamd is an all time favorite riding area…enjoy👍

What a great place to ride , but you can keep the bears 😛😛 Thanks for another enjoyable video . Pete Western Australia

Fantastic brother! Love that part of the world. Hiked the W.C.T. in 1990 and have been smitten ever since. You have reminded me why. Your videos are a delight for the senses.

Great, very enjoyable

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing.

I really enjoy your videos, thanks for taking us along again

Like your relaxed travel style Stirling……enjoying with a morning coffee with my Golden Retriever, he’s relaxing too after our morning walk🦮Cheers from Cambridge 🇬🇧

I’ll be coming down the other way from Port Hardy in June back to Victoria. Love your video.

Exped Widget Pump >>> Game changer! >>> @Moto Camp Nerd (Ben is the Man!).

Great vid, Thanks from Seattle

Bamfield is a very cool little town. Not having any paved roads in/out has kept it from becoming to touristy yet. Myself and a few friends were out there last year while on a ride. We stayed in that hotel, due to the weather. We ended up seeing the water taxi, and getting the grand tour from the operator. It was a trip highlight for sure!

I love these videos Sterling. Thee is something about them that makes me feel enthralled and also at peace.

Hey! That's me and my brother in the video! If anyone is on Vancouver Island or has the chance to go there, i would definitely recommend hopping on some fsr roads and really explore. It is one of the most beautiful places in North America

Thanks Sterling. Being from Arizona I’m surprised you forgot your water. But, of course, you were prepared.

"The gravitational pull of the city" I freakin love that! Very true. That's why I'm fortunate to live out in the country and explore the back roads. BTW got my BDR map, very familiar with some the sections in 4 wheels! Thanks for sharing and being an inspiration. Stay safe

I absolutely love these videos. Each one is a gift. Thank you. Spring is finally here and I'm going to ride the rides I planned during the winter. It's time to go moto camping. Next up is a 350 mile trip to northern Georgia to camp with internet friends and then ride back home.

Great video! Really enjoying the series. What tires are you running?

Gotta make it up that way, Thanks for sharing

"The gift of time", nuff said :-)

Was down there a couple of weeks ago riding. 👏👏👍👍. A solo camper is a single, bear meal. Group camping is a bear smorgasbord. 🤣😂🤣. Some amazing riding and scenery to be had on the Island!

I am currently in the middle of a two week short trip in western North Carolina, typically don’t leave the campsite till 11:30 AM, sit back and enjoy life, my friend good for you👍🏼🇺🇸

Welcome to Canada Noren! Always enjoyed your video stories where ever you travel to. Thanks for sharing the beauty of the Island.

When hiking we had to take the MV Lady Rose from Port Renfrew all through it's 4 stop delivery run to Bamfield where we had to take the water taxi to the West Cost Trail start point.

nice adventure man thank you

Such a beautiful area and amazing video!!

Very nice Sterling

Fabulous video Norlan, thank you so much. We appreciate the pace, truth, goodness and beauty of everything you share with us. 🙏 Love Love Love

Super brother ride safe.

I look forward to your new video releases. Great close by the way.

onther great one - keep sharing mate and thank you for doing it :)

You chose a good time to visit. I think most of the year it's raining. Vancouver island is one of the wettest places in North America.

You rode to Bamfield, which is where I, my brother and his friend started the 40 km West Coast Trail hike back in 1980 before it got damaged by a huge storm. Took about a week, was tough but lots of fun.

Pretty good trip I need to visit Bamfield

Blessed to live on an island with a view of Vancouver Island. All the benefits of island living BUT in the USA ! Love it here.

Great video! I live on the Island, there is some incredible riding here. Especially if you have an adventure bike.

The journey is just beginning. Lots more to see. It only gets better. Seen a lot of it in my time. Highly recommended

7:09 I imagine that if you saw a bear driving through, you'd also pull over to take pictures.

I caught some nice Salmon and Rock fish near that beach, at the end of your video.

Welcome to Canada. Next time come here to the East Coast. The Cabot Trail in Cape Breton is stunning.

better.....nice place

It takes skill to capture and share with us viewers the beauty of your experience. It leaves me with some really great feelings and inspiration for riding and exploring. Thanks

I've been to the NW a few times, but never across the border into Canada. Looks gorgeous!

As usual great content and top notch camera work, Sterling. Your narrations are so natural too. Nothing forced, just simple thoughts and observations. It makes me want to go back so much. That area of North America has a magical air about it. Quite a bit of rain in the fall and winter but in the summer there's a lot of beautiful days, with very livable temperatures. So so much to explore that it just seems to be made for the adventurers spirit to take in and enjoy. I didn't get to Vancouver Island, and that'll be on my to do list for next time, but the Olympic Peninsula was beautiful. Old growth trees, that looked like they ought to talk to you and give you a history lesson. I enjoyed it even more than the Redwood Forest in California. It's a place that a man could get lost, and not care about it.

Nice

Awesome as always, hope to get there next year after to moa national, Newfoundland and Labrador this year,woohoo

Great vid love the quality and wow what a place to ride , grey and cold in the UK lol

What a magnificent journey. Thank you.

Lovely part of the world. Last on the Island 2017. Tofino and Ucuelet well worth a visit as you head north. You’ll get that beach camp fire in on Long Beach between Tofino and Ucuelet. Enjoying the trip. My next big trip starting 20th July. Heading from Scotland to Nordkap on the north coast of Norway. Should be a great trip. Al, Airdrie, Scotland

Thanks again for taking us along for your journey. I have a Thermarest mattress from 1980. Still holds air and provides comfort.

Don't worry about Island bears. They're tiny. They don't grow very big at all over there 😁

Thanks for the video and your thoughts. Cheers!

Great storytelling hand in hand with great videography...

Love that you're finally in my backyard. Been a fan of your BDR productions for years. Wish I knew you had a hotel in Bisbee when I passed through there back in 2018. Next time I'll be stopping by! Thanks for another great episode.

My buddy and I are riding this route a week from now. Thanks for another great video!

Have a great trip, and don’t worry about the bears,just keep making noise and they’ll leave you alone.Just give them lots of room!

I’ve never ridden out to Bamfield. Cool spot. The Jaun De Fuca trail China beach to port Renfrew. is really nice not so well known as the west coast trail. From Port Renfrew to Bamfield. Must put the ride on my to do list. The Port Renfrew Loop to Lake Cowachen is nice,

More than once, a good trip has been tarnished by not enjoying the passing of time. Your time is just that. Yours. I watch your video's on a television. I have a laptop close and follow along on Google Maps for two reasons. First, It brings me closer to the road mapping situation of the area and Second it gives me general information of the regional area your are traveling. If I ever decide to travel there few few brain cells will be familiar with what you have already shared. Thank you.

check out one of the tiny pad inflators available. they keep setting up camp from turning into a dizzying experience and double as a way to blow on the fire.

So far this trip has been amazing. Really cool places and wonderful views. Thank for sharing your adventures with us. 👍⭐⭐⭐

So many riders I encounter are focused on getting from point A to point B. But that’s not the point of riding; the point of riding is everything that happens _between_ point A and point B. It’s the journey, not the destination. The unplanned stops, side trips and detours are often as much or more fun than the planned route. My folks spent a year on the north end of Vancouver Island back in the ‘50s, when Dad was with the RCAF. So, Vancouver Island is high on my bucket list! This is a great preview! 😃

Still in introduction mode... cheers

Looks pretty amazing . I bet that the coastline gets chilly at night.. watch out for them bears, looking forward to the next video!

Safe travels, Sir. I hope you enjoy everything about the journey.

The road from Jordan River to Lake Cowichan is one of VI' best motorcycle roads - and the pub in Renfrew is super pro motorcycles - in the spring/summer to early fall - you'll pass tons of motorcyclists.

Your videos are very much like you are conversing with your riding buddy. I am not so agile getting 'outta my camp chair though.

Your videos are amazing and I would absolutely love to travel with you. I live in deeeeep souther California in the imperial valley. Thank you for being you and for making these videos

Ahhh you were so close to Big Lonely Doug!

Great video as always! ❤

I didn't realize that your trip would take you through Seattle. I live just north of Seattle and would have put you up for a night. Safe riding!!

Lots of black bears on Vancouver Island , But the Island is also home to the biggest population of cougars per square mile then any other place in North America

So good!!!!! I spent many years and miles on a couple of R1200/1250RT-P’s. Now have a Victory Cross Country, but really contemplating a GS or version of it.

I have the same policy: avoid big cities.Small towns are so much nicer and relaxing. Also, no need to ride 500 miles a day. Way to go!

The black bears here on the Vancouver Island are not much to worry about , we don't have grizzly bears . We do have a big population of mountain lions though. They can be a problem. Thankfully, they don't let you know they are in the area like a bear so don't sweat it.

Bears!? What's the big deal about Black bears. Now Brown bears or Grizzlys are another matter. I did most of this same trip back in 1989 on a 1978 Yamaha 750 Triple. Bike was 10-yeas old at the time of the trip which include the 7-western states and a dip into Mexico, most of the western National Parks and Monuments and Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats. We went as far north as you can go on Vancouver Island to Winter Harbor, then back tracked to Comax and took the ferry to Powell River, then north to Lund and Desolation Sound. The trip back to Horse Shoe Bay was Magical with its many ferry rides and all the friendly attention we got while waiting for the many ferry's it takes to get back to Vancouver.The trip was the end of a 7,700 mile 7 plus-week adventure which started in Portland, Oregon and ended there. Images of the trip flooded my mind for months after. The trip nearly completed my Hwy-1/101 adventures from Cabo San Lucas/Lucas to Lund, BC. Years later, I still have a bit of Southern Oregon 1/101 to do and intend to complete that few miles this summer in my Miata. Ride! And get out there for some real adventure and memories you will never forget.

You don't need to worry so much about the bears - WORRY about the cougars - Vancouver Island has the highest concentration of cougar/mountain lion in North America and is considered our top predator. If you smell an intense cat pee smell - you've found a cougar marking site and you NEED to pay attention. Bears on the Island, you can chase them off - no grizzlies here either - just make noise while in the bush - cougars here - if you see one - WORRY. Another point - the roads you are using - the one you call a "back road" are active logging roads - as well as a highway for the residents of the small villages. Be aware of that.

I rode to Alaska a couple of times from Seattle, and the bear count observed during the day was off the chart. We never encountered any at night. The road to Hyder/Stewart as well as the Cassiar Highway were the most plentiful.

Thanks. Superb quality photography. I was thinking of downsizing my GS but, thanks to your good self, I got out and rode her around for a few hundred miles and I'm flaming well keeping her as long as a can get my old leg over! You've probably been asked umpteen times, but what's the amber warning triangle on for? Love your vids, thanks a lot, keep safe.😃🏍. By the way, you have shown me what a fantastic country the US is! Back here, in Scotland, we have a lot of trails...but they're all privately owned (mostly by folk not from here), we're not allowed on them, so only tarmac for me. I'm not that bothered......do not have your skills to ride that big heavy beast off road anyway!😂.

25 breathes of air, lol. Hence why I got the Helinox cot. Yes bulkier but my old bones are more appreciative.

Looks like you picked a good time to leave us in AZ as the weather just started warming up! Safe travels