Sea Star Beach Retreat Tofino

Yesterday I joined the Moose bus and we drove from Vancouver to Tofino on Vancouver Island - we used the ferry to get across the watery bit. Good group on the bus, three Aussies, three from UK, one German woman and a Korean girl. The trip on the ferry and then across Vancouver Island is very pretty. We stopped at Cameron Lake for lunch and passed two other huge lakes on the way to Tofino ...

... Knot - to name but a few. Mammals? Steller's Sea Lion, Harbour Porpose, Harbour seals and Sea Otters. After that myself, Alan and Steve decided it was insufficient and decided to do a whale watch trip as well. At 2pm we boarded our boat in brilliant sunshine with our guide, Gary. Gary was of first nation heritage and spoke with the 'authentic' Canadian accent, 'eh'. He had a tattoo 'Love' on his knuckles and I believe he was quite serious ...

... the surfing was. We thought, **** it, why not try surfing? We got there a little late in the day, and figured we should try to find somewhere to stay. We checked out every hostel and backpacker's Inn, but every single place in town was booked up solid. So we flagged down this young RCMP officer and asked her about tenting on the beach (a no-no) or sleeping in the car (also a no-no). She told us that the ...

... looking under rocks for food. And one put on quite a rock-climbing display for us. I took far too many photos! So this is Tofino, on Vancouver Island. We joined our new tour group yesterday and had a long (though scenic) drive from Vancouver. We're on the Island for about a week in total, although we move onto Victoria tomorrow. Tofino is all about the whales really but Victoria is all about the afternoon tea ... so I think we'll fit right in!

... enough to pack in water. We ate at the apartment tonight to save time. We need edto be back at the Green Point Campground for the Pacific Rim Park Service Ranger Program. This is our first time at the campground, which has lots of parking close to the indoor theatre. I'm suprised and impressed with how modern this building is. I don't think it was built the last time we were here. We're warned again about the bear siteings around the Park. We've hanged ...