Ed is heading home

In order to get an earlier start on Wednesday morning we moved Ed's BMW R1200RT to take off position and packed most of his belongings on Tuesday evening

I have limited space so there is a lot of duck walking required to turn our bikes around and point them out my driveway.   The gravel driveway is sometimes a challenge to keep the rubber side down so to alieviate some stress in the morning I got the bright idea to do it ahead of time

Everything has it's place but sometimes the pieces don't fit and you wondered how the jigsaw fit in the first place.   We were sitting outside, because it was cooler, and chatting away about which route to take and where to stop and I was looking at my dirty bike and decided to give it it's yearly wash

I already cleaned the wheels and suspension bits a couple of weeks ago

and here is the result - -   finally, I have a clean bike to escort Ed out of town

Ed wanted to get on the road by 7am so I was up early and he finalizing his packing.  Soon it was time to head out.   I decided to lead him out of town on the newly opened NFPR:  North Fraser Perimeter Road.  It travels along the banks of the Fraser River and heads East and comes out at 176th Street in Surrey on Hwy 1,  the Trans Canada highway.   This is much easier than having to go through town and then be forced to pay the toll on the Port Mann Bridge.  The NFPR has no tolls and if you are coming into Vancouver, from the East this would be a time saver if you were heading to the southern part of the City (of Vancouver), or Richmond, or Tsawwassen.  This road is so new that it does not show on both of our GPS's

Soon it was time for Ed to depart.  We were actually leaving 20 minutes earlier than 7am

He put on his 'Stitch" with shorts underneath as I told him about how hot it would be when he reached Osoyoos

After a moment or two to set up his Go-Pro,  we were off to Langley which was about an hour away

It's better to top up with fuel when you have a chance.   After a gourmet breakfast, and a bit of chatting and saying our good byes

It was now time to part ways

This is always the saddest part for me and I remembered that day in London, Ontario where we parted ways last Summer, except that it was now his turn to ride the 3,000 miles back home to Toronto and it was me that had the short 1 hour ride home

Ed, safe travels and enjoy the scenery on Hwy 3 through the Mountains

and thank you again for the most wonderful dinner . . .