After seven days trekking through the infamous wilderness of the West Coast Trail along the Pacific shores of Vancouver Island we returned safe and sound back to Victoria! We started the journey fresh and wide-eyed on Wednesday, June 25th leaving Aili's Grandpa's house at 6am for the two hour drive to the end of the trail at Port Renfrew where we left our car and boarded the West Coast Trail Express bus for the four hour ride along bumpy active logging roads to ...

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In Seattle, we strolled through the historic Pike's Place Market on the waterfront and stopped for a coffee at the original Starbuck's - God knows we've already given them enough money for latte's on this trip - but hey, this is where the world-wide addiction all started! We walked through downtown toward the Space Needle to the Experience Music Project. The EMP is an interactive music museum with a focus on the Seattle based artists including Jimi Hendrix (born...

A rare perfectly clear day greeted us as we drove across the mighty Columbia River into Washington State. Mt. Hood loomed over Portland behind us and the snow shrouded domes of Mt. Adams and the infamous Mt. St. Helen's stood in front. Taking a right on Route 504, we winded our way through the valley to the Mt. St. Helen's National Monument visitor center. There was a short film and some amazing footage of the catastrophic 1980 eruption that blew the entire side...

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