Tofino!

I was reading a friends blog and she said that a blog post without pictures isn't much fun and I realized that I've been a bit of a downer lately. All serious and stuff. I was having a hard time wanting to write about fun stuff even though I was still going out and doing fun stuff. Then again, I kept thinking that most of my readers are on Face.book and would see the pics I'd posted there, so why would they want to see them again? Anyway, I'm over that, and here are some new posts ... with pics. ;)

I don't know if you've ever been to Tofino, but if you haven't, you should go! It's BEAUTIFUL there. I was in awe practically at every turn. It is a bit of a jaunt to get there and not so cheap, but worth it in the end. A couple of my friends wanted to go surfing and there's a school there called Surf Sister's, so my friends signed up and another friend and I agreed to be their photographers.

On the way we stopped at the Enchanted Forest. Ok, I don't really know what it's called ... some Provincial Park, I'm sure ... but it was SO cool and the trees were MASSIVE!

After an 8 (or was it 9) hour journey, we went for supper, settled in for the night and prepared for an early start. The first day was quite foggy and looked QUITE chilly, but they still looked like they had fun. The 2nd day was much better. Way to go, ladies!

It actually looked very cool and if we ever go again, I may have to join them ... only in the 3 foot deep water, though ... none of this super deep stuff for me.

On the first day when it got really foggy and Lori and I decided we'd taken enough pictures (plus we were starting to freeze so we needed to move around to stay warm), we wandered off and took a few pics of our own ... of scenery ... of ourselves ... of sea life ...

of ... oops, how'd that picture get in there? ;) Hey, like I said, we took pics of the scenery. Nothin' wrong with that, right? :)

We did have a bit of down time after their first day of surfing so we went to explore the beach. Of course as soon as they got in from surfing, the clouds lifted and it was sunny and warm.

There are some spectacular sunsets in Tofino.

Like I said, I would highly recommend it. 2 nights wasn't enough. I'd say to stay at least for 3 nights ... and don't forget your camera. Photo ops everywhere. Like this amazing spot we found on the way there but decided to stop on the way home.

Here's the poem I left in the guest book at our condo.