Honeymoon Day 5

Very Tall Trees

Finally got to see a bit of sunrise. It was (kind of) over the mountains in the harbor. I just happened to wake up in time to see the end of it. I woke Erin up so she could see it then we went back to sleep. After a couple hours we got up and got our stuff together and checked out of the hotel. We headed to lunch at New York Style Pizza but it wasn't open yet, so we wandered around for a bit then headed back for lunch. Erin had cheese and I had their Italy pizza. After that we hit the road, heading toward Tofino. We stopped at Coombs Country Market to check out their goats on the roof and wandered around the market for a while then got some ice cream (Nanaimo Bar for Erin, Spumante for me).

"Escape!"

We saw this bunny on the way out.

Next stop was Cathedral Grove to view some huge and very old Douglas fir and red cedar trees. I apparently had a lot of trouble with the photos here, some are blurry, all are washed out. I think I should have brought a tripod and maybe exposure bracketed and tried to HDR them. Or maybe I'm missing an easier solution, I dunno. Anyway after walking around there for a while we headed out to continue our journey to Tofino.

Erin admiring the Douglas fir trees

About the tree

Erin and the largest tree in the park

Erin and a red cedar

Erin and a fallen red cedar

We stopped in Port Alberni for a quick Wal Mart run as well as some gas. We needed another suitcase to fit some of our shopping booty in! Also got some more drinks and other miscellaneous supplies. Port Alberni was our final stop before Tofino. Many twisting, turning, up and down the mountain kilometers later we finally arrived in Tofino. Some of the sights that I could catch a glimpse of (I was driving) through the mountains were simply spectacular. There were a few stopping off points, but I never seemed to be able to decide to stop in time for any of them. We decided to try to catch them on the return journey. After we arrived in Tofino we checked into our hotel, we had a very nice ocean view suite at the Pacific Sands Beach Resort. We settled in for a bit, ordered breakfast to be delivered to our door the next morning then headed out for dinner at Sobo. The food there was excellent (I had Halibut and Shrimp with potato gnocchi, asparagus and a carrot orange emulsion as the sauce, Erin had soup and corn fritters), the service left a little something to be desired. It took around 10 minutes after we were sat for our server to stop by the table. After that, everything was ok but it's really annoying to have to wait like that. After dinner we headed back to our room, changed clothes and walked the beach for a while. Then we headed back in, hit the showers and relaxed for a bit before calling it a night.

Tim Horton's count - 10