We checked out of our hotel in Tofino and made one last stop in Pacific Rim National Park.  We did the Rainforest hike which is not too long, but goes through large groves of trees.  Things are much greener up here than back at home because of the higher annual rainfall.   As with all of our activities thus far, everything is very scenic.

Just like the drive out to Tofino, we break up our cross island drive with a couple stops along the way.  Before lunch we take a quick stop at Sproat Lake, mainly to use the facilities and find a  lunch place.  After lunch we visit Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park, a grove of 300-800 year old trees, mainly Douglas firs.  Most of the trees are around 300 years old because there was a fire about that long ago.  While not as enormous as the giant redwoods in California, this was still a worthwhile stop.    We do the short walking trail and then return to the car.

Our next stop is Little Qualicum Falls which is another relatively short walk to a pretty waterfall.  Vancouver Island is certainly full of these.  From here we drive the rest of the way to our accommodations in Campbell River.  For dinner we try out an Italian Restaurant, which despite mostly glowing reviews, was not particularly good.  The quantity was tremendous and we still were full.

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