The Juan de Fuca trail winds its way along the south west coast of Vancouver Island, the walk takes several days however we cheated and took a shortcut hike down to a wild, windy and rocky stretch of beach. Most who were camped nearby had been walking for a few days so we were the envy of the camp when we rocked in with our esky full of cold beers and fresh food. Lex and Jack joined us for the journey, while James and Jen were our fearless hike leaders. Maya was the group motivator yelling from her backpack "were going camping woo hoo!" at the top of her lungs. We set up a cosy camp and enjoyed fire and food. Due to the local bears, before bed all food had to be locked in bear boxes of hoisted up a hanger each night - we were no longer the envy of the camp when we had to try and hoist up the esky....
Canada has native slugs - this is the banana slug. Cute little fella....
Canada has native slugs - this is the banana slug. Cute little fella....
A rocky, stormy beach for some playtime.
A hanger to protect your food (and yourself) from the local bears. We hoisted an esky up there.
Scott and James preparing a beachside feast with their leathermans (camp cooks or serial killers?)
Our cosy camp site on the beach - Jack, Jen, Maisey and Scott.
Not exactly the white sandy beaches of home! A wild and windy coastline.
Anna and Lex - nothing better than warming up with a morning cuppa.
Baton down the hatches - its gonna be a windy night.
Ready for the walk to camp.
Driftwood and more rocky beach.
When the tide went out we could walk out on the rocks and find crabs and starfish.
Driftwood and rocks.
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Amazing stuff, guys! Maya is getting big! Hope we can catch up as soon as you get back.
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