The Canadian Pacific Rim

From Sky to the Sea we went on Saturday staying in a tree house on Saturday night. We had dinner by the harbour in Uluelet watching the Eagles soar by. That's as close as I have ever been to Bald Eagles. They are tremendous and loud. Sunday morning we went to the beaches in the Pacific Rim National Park. It was about 54 degrees and windy and there were clusters of kids out surfing the waves. The Pacific starfish and anemones in the tidal pools are quite large and colorful. The afternoon we went to the last little outpost accessible by road, Tofino. We had lunch there by the harbour (Smoked Salmon 3 times in 2 days, is that too much ?). On the dock we watched them off loading a boat (see pic) crates of some type mussell called Geoducks. They ha d a long shell like a clam but a peduncle (foot) that stuckout about 15" long. They were gross but we were told they were a delicacy in Japan and would bring 40.00 each. Each crate you see in the picture was worth $500.00. They unloaded about 40 crates and we were told they would be on a plane to Japan that night.

Sunday evening we drove from the rim to Ladysmith, BC down the island about 31/2 hours to stay in a quiet little hotel from the 60's in aquiet little harbour town.