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Thursday Jan 3, 2019 #
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(rest day)
The storm was still raging this morning and I thought that doing something in the afternoon would be a more promising option - but I still don't seem to be able to do it after spending a long time in the car. (The plane didn't seem to cause any problems, strangely enough).
I was a little nervous about crossing the island given the conditions, but BC seems to have a detailed and current road reports site, and the relevant road looked OK, so I decided to go for it. (Just as well I wasn't trying to take Highway 1 across to Calgary, which was closed all day because of avalanche risk). The road itself worked out fine, although it was one of those days where you didn't need to go looking for waterfalls - every gully intersecting with the road was a waterfall - and more substantial rivers were seriously pumping. Didn't do many photo stops - I come back the same way tomorrow when conditions will probably be a bit better. The storm broke just before I reached the coast, so I didn't see it at its wildest, but it was still impressive (the log perched on top of a big rock outcrop perhaps the most impressive).
Ended the day in Tofino, an end-of-the-line town which used to be a flashpoint in the battle over logging old-growth forests, but makes most of its money from tourism these days. Was a bit more indulgent at dinner than I usually am (a famed local seafood place), but passed on the $900 bottle of Grange...
I was a little nervous about crossing the island given the conditions, but BC seems to have a detailed and current road reports site, and the relevant road looked OK, so I decided to go for it. (Just as well I wasn't trying to take Highway 1 across to Calgary, which was closed all day because of avalanche risk). The road itself worked out fine, although it was one of those days where you didn't need to go looking for waterfalls - every gully intersecting with the road was a waterfall - and more substantial rivers were seriously pumping. Didn't do many photo stops - I come back the same way tomorrow when conditions will probably be a bit better. The storm broke just before I reached the coast, so I didn't see it at its wildest, but it was still impressive (the log perched on top of a big rock outcrop perhaps the most impressive).
Ended the day in Tofino, an end-of-the-line town which used to be a flashpoint in the battle over logging old-growth forests, but makes most of its money from tourism these days. Was a bit more indulgent at dinner than I usually am (a famed local seafood place), but passed on the $900 bottle of Grange...