Tofino BC

We have crossed over to the west side of Vancouver Island, to the very end of Highway 4, to Tofino. We were a little bit concerned about the highway because we had heard tales of how narrow and winding it is but it turned out to be not bad – no worse than some of the coast highways in California and Oregon. There was one grade that was marked 18% but it was short and we made it just fine.

Tofino is a neat little town with lots of outdoor adventure activity including kayaking and whale watching, and is adjacent to Canada’s Pacific Rim National Park. The coastline here reminds me of Oregon.



We camped for two nights in the national park, which is beautiful. It is a rain forest environment, very densely wooded so most of the camp sites never get any sun, but there is a beach that is nice, especially now that we are getting sunny days again.