For our "family vacation" this summer, we packed up and headed north to Pacific Rim National Park, which is located on Vancouver Island in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It took a day to get there, and it rained the whole way and well into the night as we set up our campsite and tent. But Mother Nature was watching over us and for the next four days of activities we had brilliant and beautiful weather!
Our first day we spent most of the hiking various parts of the Wild Pacific Trail. We found a cool old lighthouse and even saw Orcas swimming near the shoreline! One family tried so hard to get a glimpse, we saw them almost get washed into the ocean! (We were glad we didn't have to make a rescue attempt!)
This part of the island lives up to it's name with a "wild" coast. It is interesting to see the contrast where the sea's stormy side cuts jagged rocks, as well some of the smooth and golden beaches - almost more like California beaches, but with everyone donning wetsuits because of the chilly water. We actually camped mostly with people who came to surf the area around Long Beach - many from B.C., but a lot from Alberta and other parts of the world as well.
We loved the combination of being by the ocean as well as among the trees - and the anticipation of looking for wildlife all around this beautiful part of the world. We met wonderful people from places near and far - always one of the favorite parts of travel!
Here, Jacob basked in the sun in a meadow by a beautiful inlet on one of our hikes. We found some black sand and left our "mark"...
It was a great first day...
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