Tofino

We spent a week in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

The beaches were reminiscent of New Zealand -- blank sand, cold water, forest. I had bought a wet suit but it was clear the boys weren't going to survive without one. Fortunately every other store in Tofino sells wetsuits. We went boogie boarding almost every day, even in the rain.

We also went on a whale watching tour. I got terribly sea sick and threw up until I had nothing more to throw up. A gray whale came right over to out boat and started swimming under the boat, surfacing then back to the other side. It was an awesome sight, even if I was hanging over the side of the boat feeling terribly ill.

At the end of the day, when we were frozen from boogie boarding, we relaxed in the hot tub then curled up with the laptop to watch a movie.