Pacific Rim National Park - a pile of rot

Marcia and I drove to the Pacific Rim National Park in a light rain, having excellent fish-and-chips from a lunch wagon in Ucluelet – a ranger recommendation. We saw little else of interest as trees lining the highway block most views, but cataloged a lighthouse for old times’ sake.

We then drove toward Tofino but again had the same problem – no views to the ocean that didn’t require parking and walking in the drizzle. We stopped short of Tofino and instead hiked the Rainforest Trail, a plank 1 KM walkway with a forest canopy too thick to let in much rain. This was a beautiful walk through standing and fallen huge trees, with the ground never visible because of the dense decomposing vegetation.