Day 7 - Not quite Surfin’ in Tofino
We all wake up, no one has been eaten by animals or by each other. This is probably because half our camp snores.
Expedition Fishbait: In May 2001, five friends embarked on a kayaking trip through the Broken Islands group of the Pacific Rim National Park off Vancouver Island. This is the journal of that trip as kept by me. To see all the photos from this trip you can view the associated photo gallery.
Day 7 — Saturday
8:30am — We all wake up, no one has been eaten by animals or by each other. This is probably because half our camp snores. We must sound like a plane about to take off. Never mind. It is beautifully sunny for our last day here.
1:30pm — An hour late, but with winds picking up, we are finally on our last paddle to Sechart. We get a chance to surf the waves almost all the way back to civilization.
4pm — 3am — We are changed and back at Torquart Bay and on our return trip through the road from hell (at least for the Neon). We have decided we need a bit of pampering. We are now bound for Tofino to find a bed and breakfast to finish our trip. After many hours of driving through Tofino (many many times) we end up all staying in a cabin/house with a hot tub. We also found the bakery Linda, Tina and Janet had suggested and ate supper. So with a few beer, a very relaxing tub and finally hot showers, the merry and intrepid crew ended their expedition. We have conquered all the challenges set before us: rain, cold, waves, wind, smelly clothes, Vancouver driving and Tofino. We still remain the best of friends and the merriest of groups. This tale has come to an end.
Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana
Chronicler — Expedition Fishbait
7:30am, Tofino, British Columbia, Sunday, May 20, 2001