Here are some more pictures from our trip to Ucluelet – Tofino – Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island.
It has been ages since we wrote something on the blog… Sorry about this!
We spend our Easter Weekend on Vancouver Island.
We left early on Friday morning to catch the ferry to Nanaimo. It took us some preparations to get everything ready especially with the dog, but we’ve made it in time!
It was a three hour drive northwest across Vancouver Island, from Nanaimo to Tofino along Highway 4.
It is a popular tourist destination. It attracts surfers, nature lovers, campers, whale watchers, fishermen, or anyone just looking to be close to nature. In the winter many people visit Tofino and the west coast to watch storms on the water.
Since everything was completely booked in Tofino we end up staying in Ucluelet. Which is situated about 25 km from Tofino.
We stayed in cabins, which was a really nice experience.
We did quite a few hikes in the Pacific Rim National Park . At first we were a bit disappointed because they seemed pretty short but that turned out quite ok. Most of them led from the rain forest to beaches.
Even though I was pretty afraid that we would encounter problems with Grizzly (since it was his first real trip) it turned out great. I was definitely worrying for nothing.
I think all of us had a really good time and it was a nice way to get Bert introduced to the Canadian way of life!
So we had a wonderful weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed it too. Check out some of our pictures.
I want to start this post by thanking two special people.
We came home about an hour ago and there was a box in front of our door and even more, it had my name on it!
Not knowing what to expect I ran upstairs with the box and opened it.
There it was, my own first “Martini set”
I was planning to buy myself a set for a while, because I really started appreciating Martini’s (and no, not only because of the “sex and the City cosmopolitan”). So I’m going to the liquor store very soon for all the ingredients.
Thanks Koen and Tanja! I love it!
Pleasant start of our week.
Not only did we have a nice start of our week, the previous one ended really good too!
On Saturday we’ve installed our new built-in microwave with vent (nothing really special for you guys, but we’re happy with it). Kris can finally make his beloved kettle corn again!
We’ve also bought our outdoor furniture (which we will have within two – three weeks). So let the summer begin!
On Sunday we went to Golden Ears National Park. I didn’t expect too much because it’s in a part of the Lower Mainland we don’t really know.
It was wonderful! We did the Golden Creek Trail, more or less 8 km. It would have been a normal, easy-going hike. But we ended climbing up and down a trail covered with 1,5m of snow. Grizzly loved it, but it became pretty exhausting after a while for Kris and me:).
We have a book which describes 109 walks in the Lower Mainland.
We always use it to prepare our walks and it wasn’t any different now. According to the book we could take a trail that led (from the Golden Creek Trail) to the Lower Falls Trail. It looked like a very nice path.
After a while (when we were already to far along to turn back) the path wasn’t really a path anymore. We ended up crawling our way down, because it was really steep, slippery and covered with trees that fell down because of winter storms.
Like I said, we were really tired at the end of the walk because the 8 km turned out to be quite a lot more (up and downhill). We were both happy to see our car again but it was definitely worth it!
Below some pictures of our walk.
The three of us
We have a lot coming up in the next couple of days. Tomorrow we are going to see the Canucks (playing against the Calgary Flames).
And on the weekend we are heading out to Tofino.
At the end of this month I’m going to Edmonton and Calgary (work related).
Really looking forward to everything!
Enjoy your week!
Kris Taeleman | 
