• Ukee

    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…

  • Chillin’

    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…

  • Nanaimo Bar Trail

    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…

  • Onward

    Today is the start of the second part of our vacation. The only plan was to get to Parksville and therefore sleeping in was in order. Once we got going, we had a nice leisurely breakfast with Pat. She suggested that we should stop at Goldstream Provincial Park. So after getting packed up, we said…