Faster and Faster

11:05 hrs.
17 July 14

     So the highway speeds between Parksville and Campbell River have been increased to 120 kmh. Yes, the road is engineered for this speed and all the increase has done is to legalize the speed at which drivers travelled at anyways. However, I just noticed that some people are not comfortable moving that fast which is fine because that is the MAXIMUM SPEED ALLOWED.

     Mark my words there will be some MORONS who will push the envelope even more. It won't be fun when these people start to hydroplane at 120kmh.

     If you have driven through Courtenay past Lewis Park you will know that LO's GARDEN has been closed for the past six months or more. This place has been a fixture in the area for a very long time and most of its business probably came from the old Courtenay House hotel that was right next door. The CoHo was torn down a number of years ago with nothing new being constructed since. Hint - it might be a nice place for a much needed homeless shelter.

     I must take the time to acknowledge and thank all of our summer residents from the Province to our immediate RIGHT for not driving like raving lunatics around the VALLEY as is the norm when  driving from Calgary to any touristy points in BC, especially around Radium, the Shuswap Lake and the Okanagan Valley.
Maybe the fact that your are on an Island has sunk in and doing 140 kmh or better to get to the corner store is not really necessary.

     Rumour has it that the house featured in the following photo is being built for a couple from AB.  Its pretty impressive but I would think the taxes will run them about 6.5K. Its on Marsden Rd. if your interested at looking at it.