Vancouver Island Day 6: Pacific Rim

To ring in the New Year, I explored the coast from Tofino down to Ucluelet and back.

I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was staying nearby a Kerfuffle Zone. (Gulp!)

Kerfuffle Zone · Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

This is one way to ensure that people don’t block your driveway …

Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

After coffee, I enjoyed the sunrise from the marina in Tofino.

Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

After this, I drove down to Ucluelet and enjoyed a walk along the Wild Pacific Trail.

Wild Pacific Trail, south of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This gnarled tree has storeis to tell, I’m sure. · Wild Pacific Trail, south of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Waves crash onto shore at Ucluelet. · Wild Pacific Trail, south of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Along the way back, I stopped for a quick hike on the Shorepine Bog trail.

Shorepine Bog Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, north of Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

By early afternoon, the weather had deterioriated into the stereotypical Pacific Northwest rain and grey, so I went back to Tofino, had a good coffee, and enjoyed a good nap.

Tomorrow I head home.