Ok! So I’m finally on the BC Ferry ‘Celebration’…. But on the 10am depart… Not the 9am… BECAUSE!... Let’s go back….
Got up this morning in Coquitlam BC [Friday Jun 3rd] and it had stopped raining… but still no sun… That’s ok.
Left the hotel in plenty of time to make it to the ferry.
Plugged the route into my gps and took off. … Well….
The traffic was horrendous!... At times I put the bike on the kickstand because I wasn’t moving.
Then…. My gps tells me to make a turn which I don’t remember seeing on the mapquest I pulled up in my hotel room… and then the agony began…. My gps must be retarded!
It took me in circles to the point of making me dizzy! And after a while, I decided I’ll rename my gps Moses!... Why you ask?... Because it’s older than Moses and no matter what destination I put in, it always takes me out on a desert somewhere and then loses satellite communication!
When it gives you instructions like, “Go 3 streets…. Take a left at the Desert… and wander for a hundred years!”… I think it’s time to replace ‘OlMoe’ with a new one.
Another reason is, I hate the sound of the lady on the gps who – I’m sure – hates me as much and takes great delight in sending me the wrong way… This morning she said, “Take ramp left”…. Well, there were 2 ramps left… so I took the leftist… and I can’t say for sure… but I thought I heard her go, “Tee-Hee!”..
So now I’m late and the bike’s on fumes… need gas.
Pull into a station that sells only diesel!... But there is a fine East Indian guy there filling up and I say, “Hey Boss… Do you know the way to the BC Ferries?”
Ferries? He says.
Yes. I say.
You come from the ferries?. He asks in a thick Apu Nahasapeemapetilon dialect.
No!... I want to GO to the ferries.
You want ferries?
Yes, I say again… BC Ferries.
Oh!... You come from Ferries?
Boss! I say… Do you know the way to the BC Ferries?
Ferries? He says again.
Look you Friggin Punjabi comedian!... Are trying to make ME CRAZY???!!!...... I said…………………………………. In my mind…………… that managed to come out, “Yes!.. Ferries”.
This witty repartee’ – believe it or not – went on for a couple more rounds until I had had enough and said, “Hey!.... Who’s on First?”
He said, “What?”
I said, No… What’s on Second!”…. Bawhahah!... Two can play at this game Sucker!.....
The truth is, I only said that last part in my mind for my own sanity and entertainment.
Sorry Boss… is what he said as I drove off looking for a gas station with gas and people who don’t talk in Dr Seuss! (>_<)
So I Finally make it to the ferry, which is where I am now in a café at the front of the ship with a beautiful view….btw… The sun is out!...Yaaa!
This marks a new point in my journey…. Meeting my old high school chum Dave and his wife Kat – both of which are bikers – and my other friend Dave I used to work with back in the early 80s at Pitney Bowes, London.
So this is my early addition… Hope you like it….
Later tonight I’ll update again… Stay tuned!
MB11
Hey Joe, glad you are actually going to make it to Vict and speak time with the 2 D's and K. Have fun and replace ole GPS Moses. Love Wu
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