Alone Together
It was the height of the Covid-19 outbreak in the USA. The media was reporting more than 70,000 new cases per day and the border between the U.S. and Canada was shut down.
We didn’t think twice about going for a ride, but we did think twice about where we were going. Originally, we planned to ride east through Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and back through the Canadian provinces to the west coast of British Columbia.
In a normal year, we have anywhere from five to 11 guys riding. This year we had three. In a normal season, our ride happens early in July, but, due to the restrictions of the pandemic, we started out riding nearly a month behind schedule. We are living in unpresented times, so much so, we named this ride our Covid ride.
I’m a retired teacher (Yamaha FJR) and myself and fellow Vancouver Islander Dalan Hawker, an IT guy (Triumph Sprint GT), were able to take the ferry from Vancouver Island to the mainland, where we would later meet up with our third member, Wesley MacPherson (Valkyrie and DIY tent trailer), a retired RCMP officer from Saskatoon, Sask.
Hitting Zero Avenue, a road that represents the U.S.-Canadian border along the 49th parallel, we rode east through Abbotsford, B.C.,
