Fireworks & more

Yesterday was perfect on the Island, with one tiny exception the hub's bike battery was deader than a door nail. So now the conundrum of a hot summer day and one bike to share. So many possibilities on solving this equitably. We opted to kick it old school and go 2-up, yup I sat on the back.

It was okay for the first time in a long time  sitting on the back , but then the squirming started.  I realized the seat space on Scarlet was a little bit cramped and not comfortable at all.  Apparently I am not a good passenger anymore, according to Hub I am trying to drive the bike from back there. My foot was twitching when he was shifting and apparently I was squeezing him when he was clutching, throttling, and braking. Muscle memory is how I explained it to him.  The biggest thing for me was that I couldn't see a thing, I am wondering why I was so content on the back 31 years ago. Once you get a taste of the captains  seat you somehow don't really want to go back to being the flight crew. 

View from the back.  

Hello Moto

Downtown Victoria was a crazy busy place with all the Canada Day Celebrations going on and at one point we regretted looping through downtown because of traffic and the snail pace.

We did the Dallas Road scenic beach route and stopped at the Golfcourse to take a picture of Mt Baker in the distance. Cool thing about the golf course, all the flags had a Canadian Flag on them.

After we arrived home Motorcycle Man told me to go for a rip.  Miss Scarlet and I stopped to pose at King George Terrace.

We rounded out the evening with a final trip downtown on the bike to watch fireworks.  It was a beautiful evening, the fireworks were spectacular, right over our heads in fact.

Not bad for an iPhone.

Maybe next year we will be in kayaks floating in the Inner Harbour.  It was a perfect day weather wise, fun and riding wise.  

Happy Canada Day Eh!