Tofino, British Columbia

We took a short vacation with family to the town of Tofino, which is on the Pacific Ocean shores of Vancouver Island.  It's a remarkable place, surrounded by wilderness, and two hours drive through the mountains to the nearest major town.   It features both a temperate rain forest, and long stretches of beaches in Pacific Rim National Park.   It had no road leading to it it until 1959, and it still feels very far removed from the rest of the world. Now it's a bit more developed, with a few high end resorts.   It's also Canada's surfing capital (is there anyplace else to surf in Canada?).   So it has a kind of surfer, alternative culture vibe to it.   And it rains a lot.  Really a lot.  Including most of the time we were there.   But seeing the ocean on long deserted stretches of wide open beach is something special.  And walking through the portions of the rainforest that have not been logged and seeing thousand year old trees is truly magical.

Here are some pictures.

Beaches and waves:

On the beach:

Forests and trees:

Family on the ferry, and a sign in Tofino: