Great trip over on the ferry and our first campground "Living Forest" was a beauty. Tiers of sites all looking out over the harbour with lots of ship activity and very scenic flats everchanging as the tide goes in and out.
Crossed over to the west side of the island to Tofino three days later. My daughter and her friend were off surfing in no time. I went bear watching on a boat with much success, and later chatted up the locals in the galleries and cafes. Found some excellent chowder for lunch with home made cornbread ... yum.
We found a great spot to watch some pro surfers on the bigger waves - just remember though this is BC, not Hawaii, but thrilling none the less.
We did a mile hike through untouched rainforest (except for the excellent boardwalks) and I was blessed with a huge bald eagle flying through the trees only 40 feet from me. An unbelievable 5 seconds I will never forget. I was about 60 feet above the river bed, so we were right at eye level.
Lots of hikes up and down the beaches, lots of photos, and great fun watching the dogs dash in and out of the waves and the kids building sand castles. It's been raining so there was every color of raincoat you can imagine.
Amanda sprained her foot so the kids left early and I had the whole RV covered with painting gear before they were out of sight! So now I'm settling down for a few days to play with my acrylics. I was able to do lots of exploring and sketching with them here but pretty hard to set up paints with 2 other people coming and going in the RV, and our time seemed full with activities.
So ... off to paint. See you in a few days.
NODP
1 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun! I will be there soon myself. All the best!
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