Sunday afternoon (6/5), all the coulds disappeared and we got some really beautiful sunshine. So, we went on a final hike, this time on the Wild Pacific Trail, a well prepared trail that follows the wild shoreline west of Ucluelet.
Even if the wind was mild and friendly on this particular Sunday, it is evident from the trees that the ocean breeze is persistant in this part of the island coast.
But there were big trees here too. I wonder what my teacher of dendro chronology (the science of creating a climate chronology from analyzes of tree rings) back home would say about this tree. Where is the center?
The coast was made up of headlands and bays, hidden beaches and high cliffs. Oh, to come here in the summer and spend a day on one of these beaches, swimming in the ocean and eating peaches from the Okanagan.
After dinner, we went to the lighthouse again to watch the sun set into the ocean. Well, it didn’t. It set into a thick blanket of strato clouds. But it was beautiful anyway, and it became a nice and refreshing evening walk, this my last night with the girls.
Katja Malmborg 