Wild Pacific Trail

Nigel and I decided despite rain, wind and our continuous low grade flu we would take on the Wild Pacific Trail together. We did it over two days. The Trail runs along the western part of Vancouver Island on the open Pacific Ocean. The ocean is extremely rough and there are signs occasionally of being swept out to sea by big waves if you are on some of the rock ledges. The first day we did the lighthouse loop. It turned out to be easier than we thought. The path is very well maintained and could even be done with a baby buggy. This part was longer, but not as long as the map makes it look. We parked at one end and then just walked back through the whole trail again without stopping for the views (which took less than an hour).

Closed Trail

Not far from the cabin we are in is a trail that forks and leads down to two beaches...Halfmoon Bay and Florencia Bay. We thought we would explore both, but upon arrival at the fork in the path we came across the closed sign. We assumed perhaps a few boardwalk planks were in need of a few extra nails and decided that it couldn't be anything too serious. This is what we found... Sneaking past... Fallen logs and a broken boardwalk... We climbed under trees. We scrambled around huge roots of fallen trees.

Nigel and the Swing

In response to your question of whether Nigel ever made it up on that swing...no, he didn't for more than a few seconds. It was at his armpit height, was a swing on a teetering tree, and the tide was continually washing in. I did catch some great pictures of the attempts (or contemplation of an upcoming jump).

Ucluelet

Here we are on Vancouver Island, Canada, near Ucluelet and Tofino on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of my favourite places. We are staying in a small log cabin in the woods and walking to the beach everyday. I was a bit camera happy so only Nigel is showing up in the shots. Notice the random swing we came across tied to a tree (and Nigel jumping up trying to sit on it).

Married!

I married my honey just before New Years. I couldn't believe all the help everyone contributed. The whole thing seemed so much bigger than I expected. Thank you EVERYONE!