The last few

So, I should know this since I've been here before, but Canada is stunningly fucking gorgeous. After spending the night in Victoria, I headed out early toward Tofino on Vancouver Island's west coast. The drive across the island on Hwy 4 is spectacular: tons of well-maintained twisty roads, massive island lakes and steep, tree-lined cliffs are everywhere you turn. Canada's parks system is pretty robust, and Canadians take advantage of it much more so than we Americans do - I realized a bit late that I should've had a reservation for camping at the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, but with the early start I got out of Victoria, I lucked into one of the first-come, first-served spots. I set up camp,

then headed down to the beach and took a nap.

Saw some washed-up sea-flora,

then headed back to camp to make a fire, read for a bit and sleep.

Today, I headed back to the mainland along Hwy 4

through the same twisty roads. Mom, don't watch this. The rest of you, I'm sorry the quality is so bad. I don't have a damped mount for my cheap digicam, so it's, uh, really really jittery. But you can kinda get an idea of what the roads are like. Rest assured, I wasn't really feeling all those bumps...

Anyhow, I'm resting in Kamloops, BC now - more soon.