Trip to Tofino, British Columbia

I arrived in Abbotsford on Thursday, April 26, in time for Candra's birthday and on Friday Candra and I had the day for some great walks and talks.

Michael arrived on Friday evening and Michael, Rod and I left for the ferry to Victoria around 8 am in time for the 10 am ferry. After the ferry trip and arrival at the ferry terminal near Victoria we went to Burchart's Gardens for lunch and spent most of the afternoon walking around the garden amazed by the colour and variety of the tulips, daffodils and a variety of other flowers.

It won't be a surprise to learn that a lot of photos were made there and a the photos in this blog are just a few of mine.

Later we had dinner at the Penny Farthing, the pub in which Rod is a partner owner. We walked around Victoria a bit, visited another pub then back to the hotel.

Sunday morning we did some grocery shopping and started the drive to Tofino with a stop at the awe inspiring old growth forest, Cathedral Grove

I will post some photos later, but in the meantime check it out by clicking on the link above. After about an hour there we continued on to our rented "cottage" on Chesterson Beach just south of Tofino with a view of the ocean less than 100 meters away.

As you can see, the photos in this blog are all from Butchart's Garden. Photos of Cathedral Grove and our place on Chesterton Beach will be included in later posts.

The house we have for the next 4 days is an outstanding place! I will post some photos later but in the meantime, check out the on line photos at Tofino accomodations . We have all the amenities you can imagine in a spectacular setting!

Tomorrow, weather permitting, we will all be out photographing the area.

Stay tuned!