For the last two years, at the end of the riding season, my friend Steph and I ride our old bikes over to the sunshine coast for a day of twisty roads and swimming in a warm lake. I think this is becoming a tradition and have already started looking forward to doing it again with her. This year, Steph had an unfortunate event. Her beautiful little Honda CB350 had an engine problem. For the rest of the season her bike was out. But she got her hands on an old Yamaha SR500 to get her through. This year we would have matching bikes!
The bonus of being a bike on a ferry is the first on, first off aspect! We pulled in behind a guy on a mint old Yamaha XS650. It was a clean, good looking machine.
We missed our planned ferry over but eventually made it to Ruby Lake.
We relaxed and chatted, swam and snacked. A close to perfect afternoon in my books. On the way back to catch the ferry home, we stopped to snap some photos of the bikes. It’s the same place we stopped last year and I’m thinking this will become an annual photo shoot!
After our “photo shoot”, we hit up the gas station in Gibsons. We then realize that we have so far missed every ferry we have planned to take this day. We have a bit of a wait and if we manage to miss the next one, we will be looking for a room for the night. We head down into Gibsons to wander and explore while we wait for the final ferry.
Well we made our ferry home. This day with this lady is a highlight of my moto adventures in the summer. Next year will be just as great if not better! Thanks for the laughs and letting me chase you all over the coast on two wheels Steph! Until next year…