On another rainy morning, we left Telegraph Cove to head to our penultimate campground at Tofino. This was meant to be another stop off (albeit a longer one than usual) to break up the journey back to Nanaimo. However, as mentioned before, the roads are so sparse in Canada that what looked to be a well located halfway point turned out to be a huge detour that'd add a considerable distance both to there and from there.
The journey was about 290 miles, and took us back down through Campbell River. We noticed some of the autumn colours had begun to set in, and the weather had certainly gotten distinctly un-summery. The rain worsened just as we passed our halfway point and began heading west through the central part of Vancouver Island, stopping briefly at Alberni to get our food and internet fix from precious free wifi while taking a break from the hours on the road.
From there, we continued west into a rainforest region, including the Pacific Rim National Park that we plan to visit during our next few days. The forest itself had changed dramatically by this point - the trees were huge, tall, and tightly packed together. The canopy was also extremely thick, which made peering into the forest seem like looking a dark cave.
After a considerable amount of driving, we finally arrived at Tofino and caught on our first glimpse of the actual, uninterrupted Pacific Ocean. We checked into our campground, which is sat on the coast - our plot being a few seconds walk from the beach front, which has a great view of the ocean to the west. Despite being the perfect location, the still drizzly weather and overcast skies meant we wouldn't be seeing a sunset tonight. The forecast is currently suggesting more of the same, so it seems our luck with the weather may have finally run out after all!
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