After Qualicum Falls we headed west on highway 4 for a wonder round this place, this was the real deal in rain forests "awesome" really does describe it.
You go from looking at this monster , the largest tree in the forest to things like this - - a really weird looking mushroom.
Lots of unusual sights, this root system exposed and this Western Cedar, what a great tree this
would be in the bottom of your garden, a natural playhouse for the kids.
Theres not a lot of light and then you come across a clearing and you see this in front of you.
This storm did a lot of damage in the park, but I suppose thats just nature going about its business; it does let you see how nature repairs and rebuilds.
We still had a couple of hours of daylight left so decided to go to Port Alberni a small town at the top of a long inlet from the Pacific called The Barclay Sound.
Not sure what I expected to see here, perhaps a small logging and fishing village - not the case - A big marina, a pulp mill, a really impressive looking waterfront, a nice town and the light was out of this world, these photos were taken after 5pm. This boat sails up and down the sound doing a mail, supply and tourist run, it originally did the same thing in the Norwegian Fiords.
A bit of modern art. Lots of this on the waterfront.
Looking west down the sound, the Pacific is about 60km. away.
A place we will try to get back to.
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