Canada 5

It was a long drive up to Ucluelet from Victoria. I went through
Parksville and Nanimo. After seeing 1000 year old rainforest's, shops
with goats on the roof and having the terrain get so remote that there
were no radio stations on FM or AM for half an hour I was at Ucluelet.
Ucluelet is a very small town. First Nations and settlers live and
work together. Whilst in Ucluelet/Tofino I saw long sandy beaches,
mounds of sea kelp, whirlpools, lighthouses, craggy cliffs and rocky
shorelines. I also went rowing on the sea. It was a bit dodgy in a
small plastic rowing boat bobbing up and down on the waves.

A few days later I went to Denman Island and Hornby Island on the
ferry. There was cougar loose on Hornby Island which had swum across
from Vancouver Island. Hornby and Denman Island are very small and
have very small communities. The place I was staying was really out in
the middle of nowhere. It even had deer around it which is perfect
bait for the cougar. It also had a hot-tub and jacuzzi though so I
guess alls well that ends well. Hornby Island had white sandy beaches,
black sandy beaches and strange, alien-like holes and honeycomb
structures caused by eroded limestone. I also saw live jazz on Hornby
Island.

After going to Comox, Courtenay and Black Creek I was on my way back
to Victoria looking at the Elk warning signs next to the
road................