Motorcycling the island
When I was first considering the V Strom as a motorcycle I focused on what we needed when we travel to Europe and Morocco in the Big trip.Since then we have moved to the Island and started taking advantage of some beautiful roads to ride, places to see, and the capability of the bike to get us there. Our first excursion of the spring was out to Port Renfrew via the back road, mostly hard surfaced but with about 8 kms of gravel. The bike was great on it. Next, the Destinations Highway guide for BC lists the road to Gold River road from Campbell River as a top ride. We decided to take our camping gear and rdie out there. It was beautiful and we then wanted to ride to Tahsis knowing that we'd have to stay overnight. Well after 5 Black Bear a beautiful but gravel road we arrived in Tahsis, found a great campground to stay at ( Seaside RV Park) and an excellent Lobster dinner since it was Father's Day. After a pleasant overnight we felt invigorated about back road riding and learned