I woke up this morning to find that Karen had decorated the condo with streamers and a banner. Today besides being my birthday, it is the first day in quite a few where there was no sleeping in. One of my gifts was an 8:30am whale watching tour ($123.75 CAD / person including taxes) with…
Since we have been exploring Tofino and the surrounding area, we decided that today we would head to Ucluelet or as the locals call it, Ukee. On our way, we stopped at various beaches like Long Beach Incinerator and Wickaninnish Beach. Just like on Maui, you can explore a different beach every day. Once we…
The plans for today was that we had no real plans. After some discussion, we decided to head into Tofino. We spent the early part of the afternoon walking the main street checking out the various shops. Tofino reminds me a lot of Paia on Maui … a real surf town. Before leaving town, we…
It has been really nice sleeping in the last few days. Once we got up and moving, we said our goodbye to The Beach Club Resort and started on the third part of our vacation. Fifteen minutes from Parksville is The Old Country Market in Coombs. They are famous for the goats on the roof…
What does one do in Nanaimo .. eat Nanaimo Bars of course. While doing our research for this trip, we came across something called the Nanaimo Bar Trail. It is a list of over thirty different stops where you can get some variation of the Nanaimo Bar whether it is the classic bar to a…