Day 1 of Conga leaving Vancouver Island

8pm and we just got settled in.This place totally rocks!!! We are in Abbotsford at the Super 8 First we pull into the parking lot and there is this young chick with long dark hair, waving a welcome sign. I could not read it yet but she was bouncing around like a jack rabbit. I thought wow, another surprise!! I wonder who she is?? It was my daughter Krissy. Her and Miss Willi got to conniving and she came to greet us! Meanwhile while she was waiting she went into talk to the clerks to tell them what we were up to and the story of the conga and the pink parade arriving shortly. They thought that was a great cause and were excited. When we booked the rooms we did not tell them of the fundraisers. So anyways... They donated the rooms!! Not just a deal, they donated. how cool is that????


What an awesome day. I think the pictures will tell the story.
We left in the rain, from my house, actually it wasn't pouring just a slight drizzle, so we didn't put our rain gear on. There was me, Fancy, Wilbur, along came Carl and Spyderman. We were on our way to pick up Vgirl and Belle. Just at the end of the block where my family lives. My little brother who just had back surgery was in his scooter, heading down the hill to come meet the Conga and send us off. The tears started to pour, tears of joy. I got pretty darn choked up.
We picked  the gals and did our little parade through town. Canada is pretty busy so we got a lot of honks and whistles, thumbs up. We were all honking along the way and my darn horn died... hmf!


Coffee and muffins etc, were waiting for us at Fusilli Grill, and a few well wishers and my family. Also a couple gals from the Dragon boat, Dave Hay from 99.7 the River.  Catriona, my friend, and Jippo!! It was very emotional and exciting. We hung around for an hour and took tons of pics. Along came the  Police officers to escort us out of town.  One in front and one at back. Stopping traffic all the way down Dogwood. It is so cool to see the parade of pink and the close friends out on a mission making people smile,. I felt so proud of what we are doing... KICKIN IT TO THE CURB!!!
I was getting texts from Carrie down in California for updates of how things were. We stayed pretty dry, but put on the rain gear before we left Courtenay.  Once we got to Courtenay at American Motorcycle Services, we had another nice visit and Wade had the coffee and donuts waiting for us. Every stop we make we get anyone that has come out to ride even a mile, to sign the banner.
When we got to Qualicum there was Jilly and Robin from PA. 
One of the big highlights out of many today was a phone call from Sue Gough. She called and met off the ferry.. First off on the side of the road, taking pictures and when Willie met us at the Shell, Sue and Dave were there just ahead of us. I couldn't wait to see her, as she has been such a supporter of the Conga. I felt like I have known her for years. We have sent many an email, and posts. It is crazy, we just started screeching and hugging when we got there, telling each other ..I love you.. a very short visit, but I tell ya, it was sweet and she sure is!! Dave is a great guy and was busy taking pictures for us. We were so excited about taking pictures of our helmets for Char from Sassybiker. Here we are 5 Canadians and we have  her special helmets. Sue agrees... We need to meet Char!!!
Willi filmed us coming in, escorted us to our hotel, brought us a 6 pack, and we will be seeing her tomorrow to continue the Conga to Wenatchee to meet the Biird. Got to find out where we are meeting Peppercat.. Crikey it is hard keeping track of everything and everyone.
I gotta go now, get a little more visit with my daughter, go check the facebook...omg and TRY to get some sleep as we hit the highway tomorrow no later than 9 am.
Thank you so much to totally everyone that came out to support the Conga and ride as far as you did. I really do love you all!!!