<img alt="New places, new faces - no turning back!" class="img-responsive" src="/images/a/8/2/d/5/a82d5cda1bd286b3dda2cc3bee48dd77779ba074-01-fouryears.jpg" />
<p>Look at the date of the last journal entry... February 2020! In a month, it will be four years! How did that happen? Has nothing interesting happened in my life since 2020? The last thing I wrote was my <a href="https://vintagemoto.ca/notes/raising-the-bar-with-ian-coristine">personal elegy to my friend Ian</a> who caught a nasty case of cancer and died shortly after. Have...</p>
<img alt="The epic multi-generational BC dirt bike adventure of 2015" class="img-responsive" src="/images/0/d/e/c/5/0dec5453c25f8da18036db9537dbfc39b63c1b8d-01-bc-merritt-first-ride.jpg" />
<p>UPDATED February 4, 2017. I added a video from Mac's GoPro</p>
<p>Here is a story from the modern era of dirt-biking and family fun. In 2014 I took my daughter Rose to B.C. for a vacation- a respite from the horrible events that had consumed our family for longer than I care to think about. We had a great time and as good fortune would have it, it has become an annual event. This story recalls the events of the second annual trip to B.C. to ride dirt-bikes.</p>