Today is our day trip to Pacific Rim NPR. We were up early and at the road barricade at Cameron Lake Bluffs. It took 20 mins for us to be let through and 217 vehicles came through going east. One lane traffic all the way through to Cathedral Grove which was closed.
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| The Line Up |
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| No wonder they were closing the road during the day! |
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| Cranes and steel mesh curtains to keep the road safe |
We stopped at Sproat Lake just past Port Alberni for a swim in the deep clear water. There is a trailhead parking lot and a path under the highway that takes you down to the lake. It was the kids and Megs first chance to experience the coastal rain forest.
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| Costal Rain Forest |
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| Weird mossy thingy |
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| Jon and James in Sprout Lake |
We arrived at Ucluelet just before lunch. We had packed a picnic lunch knowing that the place would be very busy. We had difficulty finding a parking spot. Jon and family explored the wharf while we put lunch together on the truck tailgate. We then headed to the national park and the big beaches. The day was clear with smoke haze so the view of the ocean was great. We walked for about a kilometre exploring the surf and the log piles on the beach and sand dunes. James was very excited to be there, as was Aiden but he was playing it cool!
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| The Pacific Ocean meets James |
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| Jon & Meg |
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| Aiden |
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| Nice to be on Long Beach again |
After the dunes we went to the Rainforest Trail/boardwalk. Again an exciting experience for everyone who had not seen old growth forest before. The old cedars impressed!
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| Looking straight up is awesome! |
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| Lots of vertical on this boardwalk |
We kept going down the road for supper in Tofino. We had a great supper including fresh oysters. Everyone tried some!
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| James goofing around at the wharf |
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| Tofino has a very active skate park |
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| Fresh Oysters! |
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| Time to head back to camp |
It was a later than planned return to the east side of the island and our campground. I was very glad to be not pulling our trailer on the #4 in the dark with a bit of rain. What surprised us was the amount of traffic we met still coming through in the dark. We made it past the construction zone and back to the campground well after the “gates closed” time 10:00pm. We parked outside the gates and walked back to our campsite.
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| We weren't the only ones waiting to get through the Cameron Bluffs in the dark. |
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