Blogs from Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Le 20 août 2021, Il est déjà temps de quitter la jolie Victoria et notre condo-hôtel grand grand luxe. Snif... Nous faisons un dernier petit tour en ville , à la découverte du parc urbain de Beacon Hill. Quel bel endroit, fleuri à souhait, avec d'immenses arbres partout et un défilé de paons, de canards et d'oies qui se promènent sur les sentiers. L'endroit a énormément de cachet. Les filles se défoulent dans l'aire de jeux puis nous allons visiter la mini-ferme. Nous avons un coup de coeur familial pour les bébés chèvres. La matinée démarre très bien, mais un long chemin nous attend maintenant, direction Ucluelet et Tofino, sur la côte Pacifique, au beau milieu de l'île de Vancouver. Le GPS nous annonce un trajet de 290 km et de 4hrs15... Sérieusement? Nous avons de ... read more

Monday 17th June 2019 Yesterday, we left Squamish early at 8 a.m. to drive down the “Sea to Sky Highway” to Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver. To quote my friend Barbara in her last comment on my previous blog, Canada just keeps “giving and giving”; great way to describe it! As one drives down the Pacific coast, the sea of the Howe Sound shimmers on the left and the snow-capped mountains soar to the right. It is sensational, stunning and takes away breath! We stopped just once at Porteau Cove, it was rather misty and mysterious, the mountains looking pale grey above a silvery sea. By 9 a.m. we were at the ferry terminal in Horseshoe Bay. We were delighted to be told that there was room for us on the 11 a.m. ferry. We parked up ... read more

Diet gone to pot after world's biggest muffin served with fruit for breakfast . Jim had monster mish mash of savoury and sweet on same plate and has been regretting it ever since. Went sight seeing walk along coast with scenic views around every corner. Saw a bald eagle fishIng at sea. Took about an hour and a half including stops for Jim to get his camera setting wrong....... Again. Lunch at working harbour fishermans club overlooking wharf. Another eagle. About to go back to try to get close up photo of eagle but not holding breath. Jim likes bird photos as we all know. Written up by Jim this time as if you hadn't noticed. And here's proof we did see whales... read more

Well to start off with we forgot to mention last time our amazing experience of the final of the Canadian Football league- the Grey Cup. We went into town to see the game which was being played at the nearby Vancouver stadium and it was the Vancouver Lions vs the Winnipeg Bombers. It was a big match for Vancouver because they hadnt won the cup at their home field in 20 years! The whole city went nuts for their team after the Lions won and it was really fun to be apart of the crowd. A few days later we went on an epic walk with Derek through the mountain bike tracks on the North Shore of Vancouver - they are the pictures you see of the wooden features which are ramps & jumps and more ... read more

Wir warden von dicken trucks geweckt, die ab sieben uhr die waldwege entlang brettern. Der boden bebt und es ist wirklich laut. Die nacht war nicht besonders erholsam. Wir packen unser zelt zusammen und machen uns wieder auf den weg nach torfino. Der nebel haengt noch immer fest ueber dem oertchen am meer. Wir nehemen unser cerail- und blaubeerfruehstueck auf einer picknickbank ein, von der man normalerweise das meer und kleine inselchen sehen koennte. Wir sehen nebel. Spaeter erfahren wir, dass der august in torfino auch „foggust“ genannt wird. Danach erkunden wir das bisschen statt und suchen uns einen warmen tee. Wir sind immer noch wenig beeindruckt von dem touristenort. Nach einem kurzen besuch des kleinen hafens fahren wir weiter nach Ucluelet, dem etwas weniger touristischen ort an der westkueste. Torfino und Ucluelet liegen beide im ... read more