May 9 - Day 3 to Courtney

Hello everyone….my three day total is 282.68 km.  Not bad.  That’s not counting the elevation gain, nor the approx 2 km where I pushed the bike because I couldn’t pedal any more….usually when it was 8%grade!!!!  The GPS is much too smart, and somehow knows that I’m not peddling anymore and it stops adding to the total!  Whatever.  

I was hoping to make it to Courtenay tonight so that tomorrow I only have about 70 km to Parksville and Ted’s sister’s place.  It wasn’t easy finding a campground….and it feels like $42 is an exorbitant amount, but I got a hot shower and I’m stealing power from an unoccupied site.  
I’m trying to eat and drink….but I’m certainly not replacing the calories that I’m expending.  There just weren’t many services the past few days.  I’ll get a good feed tomorrow night I’m sure.  
Thanks for following and all the encouraging texts….i love them 🩷🩷🩷.  Service should be better from now on.  

This was my campsite last night.  The campground was closed but I made camp here.  I slept with my bear spray close to me and placed my food far away….but only heard the birds chirping during the night.  I slept about 12 hours….and I’m packed up a ready to go as soon as I finish breakfast.  Plan is Campbell River today….maybe a bit farther if I’m up to it.  I could have gone a bit farther yesterday….but no services for 70 km.  It’s a cool overcast day today with some rain last night.  Have a good day everyone 😀

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