and we took off to Vancouver Island
Ferry from Horse Shoe Bay
Timmy Hoe’s was our companion in our drive across the island
Great forest in the middle of the island
Reach for the sky
Hmm… where do I put my hands?
Lakes in the middle of the island
Finally the Pacific side and time for Kate’s Balancing act on Long Beach
Sometimes they get big waves out here
…Ahh.. the beach
Cox Bay
Open spaces
Starfish
Tiger Mussels – apparently from Japan
and water … Run away!
Beach doobawackies
The Excitement was too much!
A beautiful setting
Full of boardies taking on the cold
We preferred our feet
Beach net
Our home for the night
Long Beach Resort as the rain cleared
The moon popped out
The sun went down
And set beautifully
For what seemed like an hour
....
Just out the front of our room
What more is there to life …
How’s that for a finish!
When I mentioned we were taking a float plane to our next destination, Kate almost lost it …
In the air with the Kate’s nails removed from my arm, the view was great
Nth of Tofino - nothing
Not a lot of room to move
Especially when U pick up a drunk native
It felt great to be on the land again – or at least out of the sky
The landing was scary as …. But we lived and …
We arrived at our home for the next two nights – the Innchanter
The boat has lots of neat rooms such as the library room
To avoid any other tourists we were shown the hidden route to a secluded beach
Beautiful woods and skies
The beach ..covered in wood
… and rocks
Selfie
Climbing the rocky coast
Rocks aren’t always the best seats
After letting the daily rabble go and a little dinner w/ cookies, we took the boardwalk to the hot springs
As the sun again came down
The woods light up
And we made the springs for sunset along with the boat captain
who provided our fish dinner and Sean our host
Katie ..
… dave … just to prove we were there
We made home in the dark – one scary walk thru the forest at 10pm
The next morning we took off early to beat the mob – a little chilly
Names of fishing boats on the boardwalk
But we received - Private springs
.. and rock shower
Which helped us great the early morning light
With a view of the ocean
+ solitude
Steam drifted by
Mirror pools
That mixed with the ocean
The source
Back on board – the main room
Native art - A raven watched over us
Kitchen coffee
Check out those gulls – big eh
It was cold and besides the pools their ain’t much too do, if U don’t want
Besides, the sky looked great
We apparently thought it was funny
View down the dock
View off the dock
Time for a quick read
Then off to the Rock pools
Where we took Dinner off the rocks
Rock Mussel Market
Still time for a dip before dinner
Amazing how comfy rocks can get
… especially with a shower next door
The view off the hot springs
With another sunset
Our final day saw Slave-boy Dave and Captain John take us for a ride
Seemed like a good occasion for a selfie
We dropped john on some rocks (just) and then we headed out
To the Native village across the water
We hiked slippery logs to a great lake
Then another deserted beach
From the village we were escorted by Sam
He just figured out where we were headed and lead the entire way
A proud young man
The inquisitive Dave searched for things Japanese
Moon Beach – site of an old earthquake
Rugged
The Earthquake path
Back and then off - Sean belly waves goodbye
Captain John took us whale watching on the way back
He threw in some sea lions
Then we drove back through the rugged center of the island
.. not a bad long w’end
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