Maquinna Lodge Tofino

Es tut mir leid, dass ich mir so viel Zeit gelassen habe, aber jetzt habe ich es endlich mal geschafft Bilder hochzuladen von Tofino (schon knapp eineinhalb Monate her:-P) Es folgen heute und morgen auch noch Bilder von meiner alten und neuen Wohnung, meinem Geburtstag und natürlich unserm super schmackhaften Thanksgiving - Braten=)
Liebe Grüße
Kohle=)

... season but at this time of year in little places like to Tofino sometimes there's no-one else wanting to do a tour. The upside of course is that there are not so many people around. I can't imagine what this place would be like in July/August when thousands of people come through here.

Anyway, I went for a walk around Tofino and found this little beach with ************e on it. It's not really swimming weather but the beach was ...

... nearly fell off, my forearms have seized up and I was totally defeated by one slightly overhanging wall- but I've vowed to go back later in the year to tackle it again. Johnny was great- total surfer dude, who used to rock climb loads before an injury a few years ago. The whole rock climbing centre was his baby- 2 years in the making, it opened in July this year.

The next morning I continued my exercise regime- not with surfing (have you any idea ...

Tofno is a small village of approximately 1700 on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. This stunning village multiplies in the summer as people flock to whale watch, hike, surf and relax on the rugged coast.

We spend a few nights at the hostel on the far end of town and spent our days exploring. We indulged in a few tourist activities, like Whale ...

... then decided to head into town for a tour of the art galleries. Keeping to our normal travel strategy, we went in search of our local art piece for this trip. We wound up with a very nice burlwood bowl carved from a piece of "Birdseye Yellow Cedar" - no pics, you'll have to visit to see it! Tofino is an eclectic mix of transient surfers, local First Nations people, shopowners, and idle rich. Oh ...

... night. Past that beach there are rocks that are easily avoided on a good day and easily hidden in a bad fog. We didn't want to take any chances with inexperienced campers... especially when they're family!! The beach required us to surf land. Now any of you that kayak will know that is a pretty tricky maneuver. Shane and I landed first and guided the others in. We all did really well. Though a few kayaks got caught in the waves and started to 'turn' we were able to get ...

... weather. Brian was kind enough to drive Clare, Mark and I to Mt Washington (a 90 minute drive from Nanaimo and the mountain with the DEEPEST snow base in Canada) for a fantastic day of snow boarding. Mt Washington is a great mountain and we had one of our best days ever on the slopes! The next day we went for a bit of a stroll, toured to Nanaimo ...

... of bees (Kevan has since become a bee-killing expert), hordes of mosquitos, a wolf spider (this thick, maroon coloured killer is not ideal to find beside the toilet paper in the outhouse at 3 a.m.) and slugs. Massive, carnivorous (it's true) slugs. Driving to Tofino Sunday morning, the scenery was stunning as we drove through forests of sky-high trees and past calm bodies of water. We watched bald eagles soar overhead and mountains burst through ...