A DRIVING DAY.
Day 268 – It rained all night and continued on & off throughout the day. The high today was 66 humid degrees. Not knowing how much rain we would get, we decided to go for a drive. We had some areas on our list of things we wanted to do while here. When we got back to the RV after 5 p.m., we had crossed off several of the items on the list.
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TRAVEL DAY
From: Long Beach Golf Course Campground, Tofino, British Columbia.
To: Stamp River Provincial Park, Port Alberni, British Columbia.
Day 266 – Today we travel east from Tofino on the coast to north of Port Alberni. Stamp River Provincial Park is situated by the Stamp River. It is where we went a couple of weeks ago to see the Salmon running at Stamp Falls. We hope to have enough time and good enough weather to be able to do that hike again.
Day 265 – It rained some today and was cool and cloudy with fog. Not a day for the Botanical Gardens. We hung out at the RV until after lunch when we went to Tofino to dump the tanks. The campground had no hook-ups and no dump station. Our next campground is the same, so we found a place that had a dump station before we left and found a different place to fill the fresh water tank to 100% full.
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Day 264 – It was very cloudy today with some wind. We’d intended to go to the Botanical Gardens in Tofino, but without any sun we decided to be lazy instead. We didn’t see any bears today, but we do have Pixie; she’s rather bear-like with all that fur!
HAPPY CANADA DAY. AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US.
Day 263 – The campground is totally full. We had an early, small lunch at the RV because we have dinner reservations for tonight at 5 p.m. We went for a drive after lunch.
Continue readingCHECKING OUT UCLUELET.
Day 261 – Rain and fog again this morning, we’re glad we changed our Bear Watch trip to tomorrow. It was a humid 54 degrees last night. After lunch when the rain had stopped, we went out to explore Ucluelet, the other popular town in this area.
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From: Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park, Lower Campground, British Columbia.
To: Long Beach Golf Course Campground, Tofino, British Columbia.
Day 259 – We were up early again this morning to make a reservation at a campground that just opened for reservations today. We got the campsite we wanted for two months from now. It was 58 degrees and sunny. We are going to the west coast, back into the land of fog and cooler temperatures.
CULINARY DELIGHTS.
Day 257 – We got up early to book our campsite at a Provincial Park for a stay beginning two months from now. We’ve got it down now. Got our second choice site – our first choice campsite had been reserved. Rob took a long walk to the waterfalls and along the River, part of this Park. We had visited the Day Use area when we first got here, vowing to come back on a sunny day.
Continue readingWHALE WATCHING FROM A ZODIAC BOAT.
Day 256 – After an early lunch in the RV, we left for our whale watching trip. We had to be at the dock at French Creek at 12:30 p.m. for a 1 p.m. departure. We were taking the tour through Ocean Ecoventures based in Parksville and Cowichan Bay. It was a small tour, allowing no more than 12 people on board the Zodiac (RIB-rigid inflatable boat), and that is including the crew.
Continue readingA DAY ON THE WATER.
Day 255 – The rain and clouds are gone and it’s warming up. Just in time for the weekend, the campground and tourist activities will be full. Today was the perfect day to spend on a boat. We arrived at the dock in Port Alberni at 7:30 a.m. On the way to Port Alberni, we passed Cathedral Grove. There were already a few cars parked in the parking lot. We will definitely have to go early when we visit this area.
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