More of Vancouver Island

After our two nights on Campbell Lake we drove on to the west side of the island to Tofino and spent the night at the Green Point provincial campground there. The next day we drove down to Ucluelet, the other town on the west side but spent most of our time walking on Long Beach and then at the Amphitrite Lighthouse in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. After some brief shopping at Ucluelet we drove back to the east side, stopping at the Cathedral Grove of old firs, and ending up at a designated RV site in Chermainus, just short of Victoria.

Crossing the island, a recreation site on the way to Tofino

Sculpture at a Tofino city park

Totem take on a whale tail?

Part of Tofino harbor

Familiar Pacific northwest sight

Great meal at the Schooner, Tofino

We really liked Tofino...everything but the fog

Largest private berry patch ever, so far

Next day, on fog-bound Long Beach

Surf City

Also bi-valve and mollusk city

Down to the sea in kayaks, too

Moving right along, past Ucluelet (not pictured), on the Wild Pacific Trail

Toward

The not-very-famous Amphitrite Lighthouse

Going for a Heisman pose, but the paparraza didn't seem
to get it...

Wild indeed

And scenic, when the fog momentarily lifts

Now driving back across the mountains to the east
side of the island again

Douglas, as seen recently in the VanDusen botanical garden

Very shallow roots, these big trees

We'll see much bigger ones soon, when we get to
California