Day 31..... Well, we're back and its amazing how much can be crammed into a week, and how quickly it can fly by! After eating a lunch of Bison (not a whole one!), Martin picked up our Buick Allure (aka 'hire car' to those of us who have no idea what one of those is!) and we drove up the east coast of Vancouver Island. Our route took us 300kms North of Victoria, to Strathcona Provincial Park. The sun followed us all the way and that night we stayed at a beautiful lakeside lodge. The park itself is idyllic, peaceful & easily as photogenic as any we've already seen. We spent the next day walking alongside waterfalls, paddling in the lake and trekking through temperate rainforest. The rainforest was an amazing experience, even resembling scenes from
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