Chemainus to Campbell River (" Half-way ")

We spent the night in Chemainus (where I soaked in the "hot-tub"); and then had a deserved "Pint of suds" and shared a wonderful Reuben Sandwich with the "Sagster"(who had her deserved "Tin and Jonic").Started to send e-mails and working on the blog and unfortunately "GLITCH-CITY" arrived and spent a frustrating time trying to fix it but to no avail. Decided to leave it till the next stop. The following morning we took off for Qualicum Beach which was another approximately 45 mile leg.
A side trip along a small country road (to try and avoid the traffic, which was plentiful) took us to an ocean-side golf course where there was a fabulous restaurant, which served an excellent "Pint of Bitter" and the best "Sticky-toffee" pudding!!. However, the sagster missed the turn-off to the "Fairwinds" golf course (thank goodness for cell phones) and that delayed our lunch, which made everything taste even better especially after the extra miles of rolling hills!!
Got to Qualicum Beach and found a lovely Motel with a Dutch motif; and a nice restaurant attached; a pool for Mo to swim; and a small bar where I could get my suds!! A good breakfast was enjoyed and we then headed out for Courtnay/Comox.
This leg was somewhat tough as there were quite significantly tough and steep rollers plus lots of traffic and many areas of narrow bike shoulder; did have a deer cross in front of me and another behind, very nonchalantly and paying no heed to the plentiful traffic.
Finally got to Courtnay and drove 3 miles to Comox to a FULL town and no accommodations. So back to Courtnay and a small clean motel BUT with no WiFi availability! So, that delayed the communications again. (All this time the weather has been great around 65-70 degrees, partly cloudy and no remarkable winds. The road, however, is a main road communicating these towns, although not the Highway,
it is like our route 1 , but with much more traffic).
Across the road from the motel there was a great "Pub" which made up for the lack of WiFi !!
Following morning we took off on the next leg to Campbell River which was the most pleasant trip so far since the first days' ride. The journey was pleasantly rolling and the last about 10 miles there was a great section right on the coast with terrific views of the ocean, the islands in the estuary, and the snow-capped mountains of the Mainland, some of which were covered with magnificent clouds. We got to C.R. and
found a great harbourside pub "Riptide" to quench both the sagster's and the rider's thirst. Going back tonight for dinner & to try their "Sticky Toffee Pudding"
We now have reached the Half-way point and the next leg may be unscheduled as we may trek further north especially if the weather holds and if the road conditions are as nice as the last session. Will keep you informed if the computer and WiFi behave.
Till we meet again.

CIAO (from the Bikester & the Sagster.)