Picked the bike up this morning. Started first thing and with a couple of others picked up some petrol and got a few miles under our belts. Probably the biggest thing that hits you are the scarcity of road signs, rules, arbitrary speed limits and steady ques of cars going slowly. Driving on the right comes fairly naturally as I’ve driven on the Continent a lot – plus on a bike you’re not sitting on the wrong side when driving. So, not tempting providence I hope, it was a lot more relaxing than driving in Ipswich – which isn’t that stressful itself.
Most of the rest of today and tomorrow will be spent chilling and getting everything ready for Saturday. Then it’s doing some long hauls for real, though everybody whose driven/ridden here before says a hundred miles in the states feels like fifty in Europe. Have also checked and the temperature in British Columbia and Alaska is mid teens and low teens respectively – and getting warmer. So that’s OK then.