Coast Hospitality Inn Port Alberni

... next morning I was up early and wandered back to town where I booked a whale watching tour for 11.30 and filled in time by doing the other bit of the "Wild Pacific Trail". The 2 pieces are separated by roads. This was also very nice and I was back in time to don my survival suit for the boat ride. The boat was a 8.5 metre rigid hull zodiac which was purpose built for the company with the local conditions in mind. I ...

... next couple of days…. Ha ha ha, self-inflected pain.

We then headed towards the Sechelt Rapids, cause you know life with Tinker is living on the edge. We managed to get through and find a love spot to anchor with Terry and Debra at Tranquilly Cove in Storm Bay. At this time, I am going to log off but will try over the next few days to post pictures and more details on our adventures.

take care everyone, Steph

There's no other place like it in Canada. Imagine yourself midst an ancient 800 year old forest covered in Moss, ferns and full of fresh crisp air.

This ancient forest is home to a 800 year old Douglas Fur that stands 76 m tall and 9m round (taller than the leaning tower of Pisa).

Unfortunately, the photos do not do it justice. This is truly an amazing place.

... road and handing out for a while on a rocky beach near Scottie Bay. In general, we weren't that impressed with Lesqueti Island. Most of the people we met were very nice, but there was a bit of a negative vibe that wasn't very tourist friendly. There are a bunch of small islands around False Bay which I'd love to fish and explorer if we ever end up there again, but the weather was just too windy to explorer them in our little dingy on this trip.

... decided to tempt fate and try to step from stone to stone across the water. She stepped on a log that shifted under the combined weight of her and her pack and her left foot ended up in the water. As she tried to recover her balance, she felt a sharp pain on the instep of her foot and immediately knew she had a serious injury. I waded back through the water ...

... the bears and check on the salmon again. And now I start to lose track of it all. I started out with the salmon because low tide was not until early evening. I was dismayed to find the falls even more vicious than before, and the quiet patches that seemed to offer respite were now surging and foaming. The fish continued to jump valiantly, but I now saw many being swept back down the river, and very few successfully climbing over the first fall. It was surprisingly ...

A great day in the plane. After a long run in the park, we hopped in the plane to sight see over Vancouver Island. I will let the pictures do most of the talking. We made two stops...beaching the plane for lunch on a lake on Vancouver Island. It was warm enough for 3 of the 4 of us to swim. We befriended some locals who offered ski rides (all of us declined) and learned a bit about the local area. We captured some photos of some Fire fighting planes that Rick and Russ toured ...

oh my gawd...we were just in vancover, gastown for like 2 nights, and the entire place is like zombie city...almost everyone was just gauging out from heroin just on the streets...i even saw a needle on the pavement, so i had to get out of there pretty quickly... i have some really funny stories, but i hate vancouver so much...these people have tombstons in their ...

... time to head west and drive towards the spectacular Pacific Rim and Tofino. This would take us through the third part of Pacific Rim National Park - Long Beach. As a side bar, in view of recent events in Indonesia, I have to note, that on March 27, 1964, as a result of an earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, Port Alberni was devastated by a three meter tidal wave that destroyed everything in its path. Despite the major damage inflicted during the night nobody drowned or was seriously injured.

... to Little Qualicum Falls for lunch and a short hike to the waterfall. It was raining so good thing I had that afterthought to buy a waterproof jacket - I had hoped I might get beyond the first morning before I tried it out though! The next stop was Sproat Lake and the sun came out here so Owen convinced two of the girls to go in for a swim, but it looked absolutely freezing so I had no plans to join them! There were ...