Day one of our trip consisted of our friend and great driver, Guillermo Buitron, picking us up at the Hotel Alpachaca. He arrived precisely at 10:00, as arranged. Guillermo comes with very high recommendations from the locals in Cotacachi. He…
Well, here we are, back in our favourite little town in paradise! It feels so good to come back, renew old friendships, check out what has changed, what is new, what is gone…. Here is what we had to do…
Near the end of July in 2021, Giselle and I got together with good friends Doug and Kathy Wilkins for a two night trip over to Vancouver Island and then return back down the Sunshine Coast. We didn’t take a…
We were supposed to go to Wing Ding in Springfield, Missouri this summer, but again, the borders were still closed due to the covid pandemic. So we headed north and east to finish the ride we started last year at…
In early October, we planned a Falling Leaves Ride for the Chapter. Normally, we would head down into Washington State for this because there are so many beautiful roads along the west side of the mountains to get lost on. …
In mid September of 2020, several of my riding partners met at McDonalds for breakfast on a Saturday morning and then headed out for a ride towards Hope. We stopped in Hope for fuel and I noticed that I was…
In August the GWRRA North West Coast District sponsored a three day ride out to the Kootenays. Here is my story. The weather was cool and cloudy in the lower mainland on the 21st of August. Six of us gathered…
At the end of June, Giselle and I were supposed to ride down through the States to attend Wing Ding 42 in Springfield Missouri. Well, that didn’t work out but we still had our vacation time booked off, so we…
We have finally made up our minds that Ecuador was where we would plan to possibly retire. We flew down again in August 2019 for another stay. This time, we decided that we would see more of the small town…
Well, we just can’t get enough of this beautiful little town in north central Ecuador! After a nice lunch at Hornados “Dona Mary” at the market up by the bus depot. ($2.50 each) we headed out on another ‘discovery walk’,…