Despite being on an island, the drive to our next stop on the west coast is lengthy and we plan on a couple stops to break up the driving. 

On our way out of town from Victoria, we stop at Goldstream Park, home of Niagara Falls.  No, not that one.  The waterfall is so named because it is the same height as the famous one in Eastern Canada and New York.  This one is not nearly the width of the “real” one.  In fact, it’s pretty small, but still pretty as it goes into a mostly dry riverbed and is only a short walk from the car.  We take in the view and photos and then head on our merry way.

For another break in the drive, we stop at the Kinsol Trestle, which we only recently read about the other day over lunch in Victoria.  This just opened to the public days earlier.  It’s is a large footbridge that connects a biking and hiking trail and is over 140 feet high.  It’s very neat to see and the wood is so fresh it still smells like Home Depot when we are there.  We wander a bit, take some pictures, and then head for lunch (a surprisingly good winery restaurant that we thought was a GPS wild goose chase until we actually got there). 

After lunch, we drive the rest of the way to Tofino. Luckily the drive was the only rain for the remainder of the trip. We arrived in time to check in to the hotel and go for dinner at SoBo which we enjoyed.  We have two full days of adventure in Tofino coming up.

 

View all the trip photos here:

http://sanjoseabrams.com/photos/VancouverIslandAug2011/