Vancouver Island motorcycle adventure - Ep. 3️⃣
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2020
- This is the third and final part of my summer motorcycle adventure around Vancouver Island, Canada on my Honda CB500X.
Part 1: • Island Vibes: a solo m...
Part 2: • Wild moto camping with...
It was such a beautiful trip and I'm really thankful for all the great memories and the opportunity to explore such incredible places and spend time with my friend @RosieGabrielle, but as you'll see from this video, motorcycle camping and being in the elements does take a toll.
Thanks so much for watching and coming along for the ride. You guys make the effort worthwhile!
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Instagram: @Megan Kaptein
Website: megankaptein.com
#cb500x
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Watching beautiful Vancouver Island on a snowy winters’s day in Alberta...time to dream 😊
Thanks Sean!
Thank you for cleaning up other peoples mess!
What a beautiful place on earth you have around....
Indeed!
❤️your spirt. Your sense of adventure. Your kind heartedness. Your openness. Your rawness❤️ ✌🏻
Well said 👍🏽
I could not agree more. Would love to spend a couple of days riding with her but as I live in New Zealand I cannot see it happening.
@@nickbenfell4327 I live in Vancouver and hope to some day run into her. I’ll buy her a coffee from you! ✌🏻❤️🇨🇦
Thank you Megan for taking us along with you on your adventure. You live in a lovely part of the world and great you even helped to keep it beautiful!
Thank you again and look forward to seeing you on future adventures you'll have.
Bye Stuart 🙂🇬🇧
Thank you, Stuart! Happy holidays!
"Narrow Winding Highway Use Caution"... Oh we all need to find that road...
Your little videos and your lovely huge smile always brighten the day. Thanks Megan!
Thank you, Lyle!
It is so important to watch out for fatigue an exhaustion be it mental and/or physical especially when riding a motorcycle and then act accordingly. I have seen too many things go wrong when these factors were ignored. That is a very important message in your video.
100%. It's a whole different ball of wax on a motorbike.
Wow, showing beautiful nature & hints and even active cleaning to keep it tidy - great combination & initiative! Camping with beloved Rosie & Winston and being spoiled by Keith, your coffee hero - super! And when your body said, time to go home, you followed him - very wise! An authentic and diversified kaleidoscope of your adv biker ups and downs👍 - thank you for 3 amazing episodes, our environmental angel, you made them all worth watching!!! People like you and Rosie make UA-cam so popular! Keep it up!!
Thank you, Christoph. It was really special to be able to spend time with Rosie and Winston before they moved back to PK. Thank you for your consistent support this year and happy holidays to you and your loved ones!
Thank you Mega for another series of great videos and sharing how beautiful Canada is. Rest is also needed to come back stronger with another set of great videos, stay safe!! 👍👍
Have fun, ride lots. And go home when you wanna go home! Love your honesty, Megan, no point otherwise. Looking forward to the next episode...
Your journey certainly encountered amazing scenery and vistas! I could see how tired you were in your eyes, but, your million dollar smile said it all... you’re not finished! Very smart to listen to your body and never attempt to push it over the limits. You’re the best! Really enjoy your travels. Ride safe Megan!
The scenery of Vancouver Island is so beautiful. The camping scene on the river is so nice. It's a great video. It's an honor to be your channel's friend. From Woongkham, a South Korean UA-camr.
🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍🤙
Thanks Woonkham!
I really liked this video! Great trip, top scenery, and your nice company inviting us to the ride. Cheers! Looking ahead for more...
Thanks Ricardo!
Such beautiful scenery, luv it.
Really enjoyed watching your travels in this series. Motorcycling is about having fun, when any ride stops being fun it’s time to call time, just as you’re doing Megan.
Tomorrow is another day and another ride.
Thanx and ride safe.
Neil x
Nothing worse then when your cold, Beautiful scenery, but time to go home to recharge your battery so they say.Very nice.
It's beautiful Vancouver Island.
I was enjoyed.
Thanks1
Thanks for the tour, Megan. Beautiful scenery! Motorcycles are treated very well by BC Ferries. Thanks for cleaning up and making the place better than when you arrived. I should do that more often. You are setting a good example.
Great video, motorcycles and beautiful scenery. You are living the good life !
Beautiful Canada .. Beautiful people. It's my dream .. It's my wish to travel to Canada and visit all the beautiful places there.
Thats using good common sense Megan, it is a pleasure trip not an endurance run, really enjoyed seeing the breathtaking beautiful of Canada.
You said it, Terry!
Awsome must be cold though now Megan? Weather looks clear though not rainy like U.K. at this time of year, 😂 thanks for the video liked as usual 👍🙏
Blue skies and beautiful scenery great trip, all the best from London uk 🇬🇧 👍
Great job getting out there! Motorcycle camping is a real challenge. Very difficult to carry the comforts of life on a bike. I can understand and have experienced how it gets old! Keep riding, stay safe girl
You really do live in a beautiful Country. Thanks for the amazing video.
Thanks, Brian!
you are literally a great human being and environmentalist. and also even though how tired you are and how many days you spend camping in a tent youk look fresh and gorgeous.keep going. love you so much
Now I want to go back to see Vancouver. I was there when I was 8 years old and your videos brought back memories. Thanks for taking us along!
My pleasure! Thanks for going down memory lane with me.
It's clear you have a great love for this country and especially your own backyard. Well done. Wife and I are looking forward to your future adventures!
Your mindset is really great! Thanks you for sharing your thoughts about litter in the nature! But you also that you take it away, even on a motorcycle which is not so easy on a motorbike!
thank you again for taking us along with you on your island adventure. When it stops being fun, it stops. Happy Holidays to you and your family. Stay safe
You got it, Robert. Happy Holidays to you and yours as well.
Thank you so much Megan for all thesz videos and efforts you do to provide us all this nice things and help us go through this pandemia sh.. I really appreciate and send you a big kiss from France ,😘🙏
it's the quality of the miles, not the quantity.... keep up the great videos...
Absolutely. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the ride-along.
I really appreciate the beautiful scenery, and your positive attitude.
Happy Trails
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Spectacular views. You are so fortunate. Honestly thank you for filming it for us viewers...
Looking into the camera and displaying honesty, whether it's about the positive or the negative (the beauty and adventure of extended motorcycle travel/camping vs the fatigue), is a precious thing we can all relate to. Thanks Megan.
Thank you, Ken. Appreciate your empathy.
Hi Megan, besides being a bit curious, I’m mostly immense thankful for al your work in showing your beautiful country. And I think it’s a wise decision to listen to your body. I have no doubt you will be on the road again when you’re ready for it. Until then: stay healthy and safe.
Thank you, Ed!
Excited to see a new Megan video! Ugh, it's very unfortunate that there are some people who are just slobs! Thank you for leaving it a bit cleaner than you found it Megan. And thanks for sharing again!
It is really a shame, and really dangerous for the wildlife too. 😔
Bello lugar 👏👏
@@MeganKaptein que lindo te felicito , bellos lugares
You are the best Megan! Always leave it better for the next person.
Wow beautiful island, it seems cool to tour with the motor there yourself.
Greets from the Netherlands.
Thanks for the island adventure. I grew up in the Comox valley, but have been in Alberta for many years now. I don’t get back home as often as I would like, but will be doing a motorcycle tour in the near future. Keep up the good work of showing what BC has to offer for riders. Cheers 🤙🏼
My pleasure, Frank!
Hello Megan, Your ride thru the Beautiful Coastal Road is amazing. Your solo camping in the wilderness is very exciting. Thanks for the Video. Take Care. Ride Safe.
Thank you, Megan, for such a wonderful video. Yes! You made the right decision. You should listen to your body and when it's too tired, that is a signal to get some rest at home. Riding a motorcycle, especially on a long trip with lots of gear, requires one to be physically fit, have good emotional stability, and a high level of mental awareness. Being overly fatigued means you lose some of all three, and that can make for an unsafe trip. It's all about having fun and coming home in one piece! So, you made the right call. Also, you have the most beautiful smile in the world. It just makes my day. Much love to our sister Canada from the USA!!
Thank you for sharing adventure with us.. Look forward to more vids
Have a good beauty rest before embarking your next adventure.. 😉
I love watching your videos . I think when covid is all over with you should have a big motorcycle trip on Vancouver island with your followers . Invite us to travel the whole island . I would definitely go !
Yup I'd go for that ...say Sproat Lake ?
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Canada looks awesome ...... so wild and raw
I have enjoyed this series quite a bit. Looking forward to what you may bring us next.
Ride safe and Merry Christmas to you (all).
Thanks JP! Merry Christmas to you as well.
That’s so understandable. So real. It makes me think about adventure and fun vs survival adventure. Thank you for the surreal perspective.
Thanks Michael. 🙏
Short trips can be great trips. Surrounding yourself with beauty puts a smile in your heart. Great video!
Absolutely!
Sometimes the spontaneous stops turn out to be great stops.
I love Canada!
Always a pleasure watching. Thanks again and keep safe during this horrific pandemic. 🙂👍
You guys are in t-shirts?! I'm in wrong province! Great video, Megan
It was a summer trip! 😊
Enjoyed your Island Vibe series. Thank You for all the great videos this year. Wishing you a merry Christmas and all the best in the coming new year! 🙂🏍🎄🎉🇨🇦
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support of the series, and of my channel. 🙏
Great video...informative and personal :-) Thanks for the "keeping it real" insight to your trip.
Looks really beautiful there, the ride must be really enjoyable and if you're not in a hurry it seems it could be relaxing as well.
Thanks Megan. That was a terrific series you just finished with this video. I'm glad you headed home for a rest when your body told you it was time. I can't imagine being in a tent trying to sleep and hearing something breathing outside. It's horrible that someone would leave raw meat just laying around, and really dangerous for campers too with all the wildlife here in Canada. Please stay safe my friend!!
Here we are deep into the rainy and cold season in Vancouver, so any rides for me will be short ones to keep fresh gas in the carbs and some charge in the battery. I hope for some longer rides when the weather gets better, but am too chicken to use a tent. There has to be some cheapish motels out there where I can sleep better and still not break the bank. I really really hope I can do a southern Ontario trip to visit family next summer, but that's yet to be seen.
Tim, it was certainly an unnerving experience. Covid has been a game changer for hotels/motels locally during the summer. It seemed like everybody wanted to get away and almost all of the campsites and accommodation on the island were fully booked while I was there. Some advance planning might mitigate that risk in your case...
You're most wise to accept your body's messages. You certainly don't need to feel bad. You're doing the right thing. We'll see you again when you're refreshed and back on your bike, showing us the beauties of Canada. Bye for now, Megan. 👍😘
Thanks Stephen 🙏
Love these summer videos during the winter! Helps to keep my motivation up for summer planning. Really looking forward to the longer warmer days soon... Happy Holidays Megan!
Thank you! Happy holidays!
very nice scenery and you got to meet Rosie very cool, Take Care
Fantastic content! Thanks for all your time and energy doing this for your subscribers. Really appreciated!
Thank, you, Jeff!
Enjoy watching your video from Philippines.... That's really wonderful adventure trip... Be safe always God bless...
Ms. Kaptein, before my birth my parents spent a couple of years at RCAF Station Holberg, at the north end of the Vancouver Island. My Dad was a Vancouver native; he served as an RCAF F-86 pilot during the Cold War. He was grounded for medical reasons and finished his RCAF hitch on the Pine Tree line. Prior to that stint in Holberg Dad did some training at the USAF airbase in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. My folks fell in love with AZ; I was born and raised there. I've never been to Vancouver Island; I've known it only from my parents' stories. I enjoy Vancouver and BC vicariously through your videos, and this video series was a *real* treat. I hope you'll hit the north end of the island next time around. Who knows, maybe I'll grow a wild hair and motor up someday myself on the ol' DR!
BTW, Dad's watchword for any campsite was always, "Leave it better than you found it." The last thing we'd do at any campsite was police up any trash, and make some small improvement - collect some firewood, enhance the fire ring, improve drainage at a tent site, whatever. I've found that to be a pretty good rule for life in general. Leave it better than you found it!
Be safe, have fun, and thanks again for your videos! :-)
Thanks for watching and sharing your comment, Tracy. Your parents sound like fine folks with good tastes in environments (I'm a big fan of AZ as well.)
I rode from Port Hardy on another trip and it was a really beautiful. I would certainly love to go back and explore sometime in the future. Your DR sounds like the perfect machine for it--maybe I'll see you there? 😊
Great vid! Thx! Indeed, it takes all kinds. Leave no Trace, is the only way in nature. Thanks for the escape amidst this wintry lockdown in Manitoba.
Thanks Barry!
I just love your videos, the places you choose - and your smile is bigger than life! Keep on feeding your followers with your trips, your riding experiences. And by the way, Vancover landscapes are awsome!
Thanks Alberto!
It is a pleasure for me to watch your videos!
Lovely video and channel. Great to see your area and adventures abroad. Ty . Toronto 🇨🇦
I absolutely agree, there's nothing wrong with breaks and taking the shorter way. It's Part of the freedom and part of the joy.
Thanks Thomas.
Well I did the Mae Hong Son loop on a rental CB500 so I guess I'll have to bring my CB500 out to the Island now. Lovely trip report, thanks.
I live on the island having moved here 11 years ago. I never cease to wonder at the beauty right outside my door.
Brilliant video so admire what you do would love to go to Canada one day
Been there many years ago and it’s still one of my favorite places!
Keep warm Megan. It is getting colder now. I notice you get more sunshine there than here in Yorkshire , England.
Take care and safe riding 🏍.............
Thanks Dave!
Looks so fresh, invigorating - and virus free. 🌞
Hah exactly--riding and wild camping is the ultimate pandemic activity.
Great respect Megan !! 👍🏻 waiting for the next adventure. first of all stay safe !! 👊🏻
Megan you are good person I wish there more people like this willing to leave the environment just how they found it pristine!!!!!
Same here!
Hi Megan, Vancouver Island, is among the most beautiful places on Earth, your videos are absolutely stunning , and camping with you is so exciting. Shame about the litter louts! You deserve credit for clearing up after them, thanks for all the wonderful journeys you've taken us on, and a chance to see your beautiful country.
Very nice person enjoying beautiful locations. Yeah sometimes you can tour forever, other times your own home and bed calls you back. That’s ok. It’s the journey and not the destination. Keep biking - stay safe. Can’t wait for next spring. God bless.
Thanks John. Sage journeys to you too.
Great stuff Megan - do enjoy your videos. A Vancouver expat, I’m on The Island now. To Tofino, the Comox Valley, Port Renfew Circle route, North Saanich here - all so great!
Thanks Magen, great season of riding and videos. Take care and enjoy your down time back home. Happy holidays, happy Hanukkah and merry Christmas
Thank you, David! Happy holidays to you as well!
Nice to follow your adventure on the Island. Grew up there so it's my old stomping ground. Recognized Duke Point and the Malahat. One day soon, I will do my own motorcycle road trip on the Island.
Canada is beautiful, and your voice is relaxing. Your videos really help my stress level. Thank you. I hope someday one of my Canadian friends will take up motorcycling, so I will have a reason to come ride up there. Thanks for your videos!
Thanks! We're a pretty nice bunch, so even if you travel solo you'll make friends along the way. 😊
Bc is not nice, don’t come… we don’t want it to be overcrowded
Looking forward to next time on Tofino winding road, riding not driving! So much more to see! Cheers from freezing Ontario (Feb.)
Great video. Touring on the road & motorcycle camping for long periods of time does take its toll on the body. But most of all the time & dedication spent on producing quality videos can be draining. Rest up & there is always another day or time where you can continue. Thanks for sharing your journey & thoughts.
You nailed it. Thanks for watching, and for the empathy. Happy holidays!
Nice video Megan. I guess I have some more exploring to do on the island. It's been so many years since I've been there and we only hit the highlights. Clearly it's time to get off the beaten path. Thanks for the push to go west again.
My pleasure, Randy!
Half of my fellow Germans dream of living in Canada, and it's obvious why. A beautiful area! :oD
Lots of German tourists here during non-covid times. I guess they've figured out our secret. 😊
@@MeganKaptein Okay, then I'm not coming on my hols. KIT. Kraut Infested Terroitory.
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One thing i really like about you, is that your real. Looking forward to more vids.
Thanks for sharing that experiences with us. Greetings from Colombia
Motorbike camping can be a little hard work, I get it from staggering around in the pitch dark to go to the bathroom (I use that word loosely) to not always being able to get a hot shower and a comfortable sleep or we'll rounded meal, it's great fun but takes a bit out of you, I usually break trips up with a hotel every few nights maybe end of the week, not the cheapest I know but gives you something to mark on your trip calendar and let's you go a bit further and longer. Still a great feeling when you are heading home with another adventure under your belt. Can't wait for your next one, happy biking.
Absolutely, Steve. I generally share that mentality, but this year it was nuts with covid. All the hotels and campsites were booked solid, and with Rosie and I both being non-planners, we literally had no options but to wild camp.
Beautiful country. Thanks Megan.and yes we have those kind of people in Australia as well. can pack it but can't be bothered picking it up before they leave.
There's a small handful of bad apples in every batch, I'm afraid. 😔
I totally hear you on the fatigue Megan. Personally its more mental than physical. But Its always great to have something to come back to. I always feel happy to go, to be away, to go home and be home. After a few weeks or months I get really anxious to get to travel again though. Always want to hit that travel vibe full blast again in march or when temps are above 10C-ish
Absolutely, it sounds like you really get it!
Beautiful landscapes and oustandings views. I love Canada and look forward to travel (riding) all over the country in a Honda. Have a good and confortable rest (you deserve it) and come back soon. Congratulations for your spirit of superation and self-achievement.
Thank you, José!
Take care of yourself young lady, and thanks for picking up after folks , friends I ride with we do the same thing it's a shame we always find trash ,enjoy the vids as always ride safe
Thank you, Brian!
Thank you Megan from all of us viewers, for enduring the hardships, as well as enjoying the benefits of riding in your beautiful country. Without you, we would not get to see such beautiful places. As for the `people` ( I can think of other words not allowed here) that drop their rubbish there, they don`t deserve to have the privilege of visiting such places.
Thanks Dave!
Just subscribed n hit the bell. I will be bulk watching as we are in Lockdown again in England U.K.. lets me remember freedom. Respect to you for leave no trace and clearing up idiots mess.
You are a real trooper! Very wise to listen to your body. I find even daily communting to work, west end of Van to Burnaby after a 10 hour shift riding homevin the dark often wet weather I am just bagged. Thank God for heated vests and gloves!! Stay well my friend.
Thanks for your empathy, Patrick! Temperature extremes, either hot or cold, really take it out of me too! Happy holidays and all the best to you.
Beautiful video!
Yah , I woke one morning in the forest north of Phoenix az and almost put my hand into a really dirty diaper while crawling out of my tent . Oh those mid night set ups .
Another great vid. Very relaxing to watch you narrate your rides. Gorgeous area too! Ride safe sistah!
Thanks, Richard!
very very nice and honest video, i was 30 years ago On Vancouver island while working on a farm as a dutch student agriculture in Rosedale, near Chilliwack, so nice to sea it again and yes Megan it attracts me to make a trip with a bike througout BC and Alberta.
From one who has ridden many miles (pre-cancer), you have true wisdom when you listen to your body and stay safe while enjoying the lifestyle. Travel safely and I look forward to more of your adventures.
Thanks Bruce. Wishing you health and wellness in 2021!
Really enjoyed that Megan thank you, always look forward to your videos
Thank you, David!
Marine route to Renfrew is a great ride. The island is a biker/hiker paradise.
For sure!
Stunning scenery and video production. The raw meat blew my mind. People! I pick up trash, too. I understand that sometimes, the wind might carry something away from a trash bin, but the meat is unacceptable. Safe travels.
Thanks for the beautiful tour of Vancouver Island! Been living vicariously through you while being stuck here on Cape Cod. Like your Arc’teryx jacket, designed right there in Vancouver. Nice of you to clean up after other people, merry Christmas stay safe and thank you.
Thanks Craig! Merry Christmas!