Another evening of no internet. Sorry folks.
After lunch, we went back to Pacific Rim National Park to do another hike out to South Beach. Not quite the same South Beach we've been on before.
Great path for 200 metres or so up the grade and through an arbor arch.
Love the sign. I think I've seen Brianna and Taylor do this on stage! Or something similar.
So this is South Beach. It was a calm day on the ocean, but apparently the waves in here can be absolutely dangerous - you wouldn't even want to be on the beach. It's a narrow cove and the water is forced to go somewhere when it rolls in.
This is looking up Wickaninnish Beach. All along this part of the peninsula are some great beaches. Unfortunately, the weather is never very warm at any time, and the water is cold. There are lots of surfers around, but they all wear wetsuits.
We're not sure if this is a banana slug, or not. They can grow up to 25 cm in length. But it could be a small/young one. Eeewww.
The night of June 11, we went to the beach to look for the sunset, but it was more over the trees as opposed to over the water. So it wasn't great. And also because we had spent some time having drinks with people we just met who are from Brockville. We were kind of late getting going to the beach. Here's Tibby. He likes running on the beach.
(June 12): This morning we took our bikes into Tofino to do some more ditzing around. It's about 3 km to the town, so that, plus return, plus ditzing meant we put on about 8-9 km, we would guess. It's about time we made use of these bikes we've hauled all the way out here. We have used them a couple of times, but not as much as today.
We stopped at the Eik Cedar. There's a story behind this tree - the oldest "resident" in Tofino. It was to be cut down several years ago because of insurance issues, but some people didn't want it cut. So an arborist came in and provided a stabilization method, as you can see by the braces. That was 14 years ago, and it's still there, but not sure for how long. The top is beginning to die.
We see these every so often along the way. I can imagine. As I mentioned before, Japan is just across the water.
Great path for 200 metres or so up the grade and through an arbor arch.
Love the sign. I think I've seen Brianna and Taylor do this on stage! Or something similar.
So this is South Beach. It was a calm day on the ocean, but apparently the waves in here can be absolutely dangerous - you wouldn't even want to be on the beach. It's a narrow cove and the water is forced to go somewhere when it rolls in.
This is looking up Wickaninnish Beach. All along this part of the peninsula are some great beaches. Unfortunately, the weather is never very warm at any time, and the water is cold. There are lots of surfers around, but they all wear wetsuits.
We're not sure if this is a banana slug, or not. They can grow up to 25 cm in length. But it could be a small/young one. Eeewww.
So this is our last night here. We're off to Campbell River tomorrow, on the northeast side of the Island.
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