Before this trip I'd never heard of Tofino but after spending three days there methinks that it is a very cool place. To get there its a bit of a shlep, you get a car ferry from Vancouver that takes around one and a half hours and then you've got a three to four hour drive north west across Vancouver island to get there. It would probably be advantageous (not to mention more fun) to catch one of the sea planes that service the town from Vancouver and also Victori...

Went white water rafting for a whole day in the Kicking Horse river near Yoho NP. The rapids weren't that big, only 2-3 but it was a lot of fun as there were very long stretches of rapids. We also had a cool guide who got us to do some different things on the trip like riding ome rapids standing and trying to jump and catch the bottoms of various bridges. After this we spent two big driving days and a couple of days in Vancouver. Of note the...

Do bears s***e in the woods? No, they s***e on mountain bike trails........ Relocated to Jasper on Saturday hired mountain bikes the next day and hit the trails around town. Bit nervous in the morning though in a group of eight as there had been a grizzley bear seen near the trail - great biking setup. In the PM three of us went out to ride another trail. About a kilometer in at a junction we met a ranger with shot gun (and other toys) going to scare a be...

We've been on the road on the Canadian Parks West tour now since Monday the 4th it has been cool but really full on. Spent the first two nights in Whistler had a good look around and went climbing on Black Comb glacier in the afternoon (crampons and ice axes). Saw a black bear in a tree that morning having flash-bangs fired at it too scare it also saw black bear on way up Whistler ski runs to glacier. Quiet a chic place with a lot to do but also with large ...