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07 July 14

     Finally a nice sunny day. Almost too sunny. But for our guests from CENTRAL CANADA it was perfect weather to catch the ISLAND LINK bus down to Victoria. Hopefully they would be able to see some of our gorgeous Island scenery that was previously hidden by the rain clouds.

     I wish I had gotten in on the ground floor of ISLAND LINK business. It has been quite obvious that the Greyhound Busline had been slowly bleeding to death for years. And your forget takingĺ the Via Rail dayliner. It hasn't been running for years and it won't be running for years to come. In fact my family and I were I on the last run from Courtenay to Victoria some four years ago. That is to say the train was cancelled that day and the whole lot of us had to take the bus down Island with the Via Corporate Promise that the train would be running it time for our return rip. NOT!! On the last day of our holiday we were faced with taking a rumbling coaching back north. Don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with taking a bus but if you paid for a train and you were promised a train it's just a bit disappointing to be on a bus.

     My BETTER HALF has ridden the ISLAND LINK bus. She said the drivers were very friendly and professional in every sense if the word. The point is it fills a niche. You need to get to Vancouver and your not on a rush. I bet you could go from Comox to YVR for about $50. ISLAND LINK to Departure Bay (Nanaimo) $25, walk on passenger BC FERRIES $15 and BC TRANSIT from Horseshoe Bay right out to YVR by bus and Skytrain can't be more than $10.

     I heard that the Comox SPCA is closed for another RINGWORM INFECTION. Okay, now what? The last time the place was closed to the public for damn near ten week. I didn't see any thing in the paper or on the radio. But you would think they would have informed all of the stakeholders. NOPE!