Stator, The GSR travelling mascot.

[trevor]

Okay as an ignorant American I have to ask, what's up with BC? Do they have a mild climate compared to the landlocked lubbers of the Great White North? It would make sense I guess. Is it sorta like California except instead of juice bars for your health you have regular bars for your health?

Signed,

Always Interested In The World Around Me

Lol....Yes Allie, we are quite fortunate here on the west, best wet coast.

http://www.hellobc.com/victoria/climate-weather.aspx

Climate & Weather







Victoria, British Columbia's capital city, enjoys extremely mild temperatures all year round.
In fact, the city boasts the mildest winter in Canada and the lowest rainfall on the province's west coast. Daily temperatures rarely rise above 30 șC or fall below 0 șC. Winters tend to be mild and rainy, summers are relatively dry, snow is a somewhat uncommon occurrence, while the city enjoys plenty of sunshine all year round.
This temperate, sub-Mediterranean climate has earned Victoria the nickname of "The Garden City." Not only do gardens bloom early and long here, but they contain many plant species rarely found elsewhere in Canada, including palms, eucalyptus and even some bananas.
Indeed, spring arrives early here with hundreds of thousands of blossoms and bulbs blooming by late February. Residents take part in the annual "flower count" during this month, in what for the rest of the country is still the dead of winter. As for golf, there is no such thing as off season – many of the courses in the area are open all year.

A good way to get Celsius to degrees is double it and add 30


Spring

Spring is always a wonderful time to visit Victoria. Daily temperatures range from 11-15 șC. The flowers are in full bloom in the city's many spectacular gardens.
Summer

From June to September, Victoria is typically sunny and mild. Daytime temperatures range from the low-to-mid 20s șC, with evenings cooling down to about 10 șC.
Autumn

Autumn brings average highs of 12 șC to Victoria. By November, the rainy season has begun; Victoria can expect to receive up to 147 mm of rain during this month.
Winter

Victoria enjoys the most temperate winter climate in BC. This allows for year round outdoor pursuits such as cycling, hiking and golfing, even in January.

[Sandy]

Okay as an ignorant American I have to ask, what's up with BC? Do they have a mild climate compared to the landlocked lubbers of the Great White North? It would make sense I guess. Is it sorta like California except instead of juice bars for your health you have regular bars for your health?

Signed,

Always Interested In The World Around Me

One tiny little corner of BC gets the warm weather mainly because of their proximity to the ocean. While they have nice weather their are just too many people huddled in the south west corner of the province afraid of the cold. The rest of us real Canadians take up the rest of the 99.9% of the country where we get real weather. When it's not raining there they all like to run outside and take pictures to show the rest of us how nice it is. Ya can't even bake a muffin there. On rainy days they'll just come all soggy and on sunny days you're ....well .......outside taking pictures.

[trevor]

Out with Stator...





Then I went and stretched the legs on the 83 1100...

[bccap]

One tiny little corner of BC gets the warm weather mainly because of their proximity to the ocean. While they have nice weather their are just too many people huddled in the south west corner of the province afraid of the cold. The rest of us real Canadians take up the rest of the 99.9% of the country where we get real weather. When it's not raining there they all like to run outside and take pictures to show the rest of us how nice it is. Ya can't even bake a muffin there. On rainy days they'll just come all soggy and on sunny days you're ....well .......outside taking pictures.

Oh yeah ! I heard you guys burn stuff to keep warm.......

[Allie]

That sounds almost idyllic, despite Sandy's thinly veiled ruse to dissaude me from moving there.

[trevor]

One tiny little corner of BC gets the warm weather mainly because of their proximity to the ocean. While they have nice weather their are just too many people huddled in the south west corner of the province afraid of the cold. The rest of us real Canadians take up the rest of the 99.9% of the country where we get real weather. When it's not raining there they all like to run outside and take pictures to show the rest of us how nice it is. Ya can't even bake a muffin there. On rainy days they'll just come all soggy and on sunny days you're ....well .......outside taking pictures.

Lol....I wasted too many years in Ontario winters. Moved here ten years ago. No regrets and no mosquitos!!

[JEEPRUSTY]

NO Mosquitos? seriously? is it the pollution that does that in the city?

[trevor]

NO Mosquitos? seriously? is it the pollution that does that in the city?

Lol...Victoria is not quite known for it's pollution.

On my second day here after moving from South Western Ontario. I went golfing. Something was missing?? I was not constantly swatting myself while on the green putting. Mosquitos...none. I said to my golfing companions "where are the mosquitos"? They said "we don't have any". But don't tell anyone. Lol...
Another odd thing...never seen a screen door or a screen on a window. We leave our door wide open and windows wide open too. Very few bugs here too.

[Sandy]

Lol...Victoria is not quite known for it's pollution.

On my second day here after moving from South Western Ontario. I went golfing. Something was missing?? I was not constantly swatting myself while on the green putting. Mosquitos...none. I said to my golfing companions "where are the mosquitos"? They said "we don't have any". But don't tell anyone. Lol...
Another odd thing...never seen a screen door or a screen on a window. We leave our door wide open and windows wide open too. Very few bugs here too.

We too, can ride our motorcycles, golf, swim, kayak and ski all on same day. And guess what ....no mosquitos either. I think Stator could have some adventures here.

[cowboyup3371]

Is he going to stay in Canada or move down to the PNW?

[bccap]

I think Trev plans on passing him to me at the Vancouver Motorcycle show. BigD83 and myself will show him around town. After that we'll pass him on to whoever shows interest. It would be nice if we could hand him off for a trip across Canada but the distances and weather this time of year of make that kind of impractical. I think a trip down the coast { or a little inland } might be the most sensible.

[trevor]

Yes, that's the plan. Are you at the show Friday Garth? That's when Rob and I will be coming over.

[bccap]

Yeah that's my plan Trev. I wanted to talk to Derrick just in case I couldn't do much with Stator before I got back to you. I'll PM you when we get close to the time and we can work out a meeting...

[Hayabuser]

Lol...Victoria is not quite known for it's pollution.

On my second day here after moving from South Western Ontario. I went golfing. Something was missing?? I was not constantly swatting myself while on the green putting. Mosquitos...none. I said to my golfing companions "where are the mosquitos"? They said "we don't have any". But don't tell anyone. Lol...
Another odd thing...never seen a screen door or a screen on a window. We leave our door wide open and windows wide open too. Very few bugs here too.

No mosquitos but we have a country's worth of hornets and wasps here! Since they're not out for blood, we stay away from each other and all is well... Until they get inside your helmet.

[trevor]

No mosquitos but we have a country's worth of hornets and wasps here! Since they're not out for blood, we stay away from each other and all is well... Until they get inside your helmet.

Really? In ten years and hundreds of rounds of golf and 77000kms I have been stung once. And that was on the golf course. You must be sweeter than me. Lol