Tofino trip, like forever ago now

So, in early july, which feels like a long time now, Noa’s mother came to visit us in vancouver for a little under 2 weeks, and i decided that we should go visit tofino, as neither she nor noa had ever been.

so, let see what we got up too!

the traditional waiting in line for a ferry!
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the ferry
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holding up the worlds smallest lighthouse
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a stop on the way to tofino, erik and i jumped in here once long ago
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our hotel on the beach
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a taco bus! ohh so good! why is this not downtown vancouver?
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the beach
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noa
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around the beach
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are we surfing?
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what are these?
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a star fish
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then the fog rolled in, typical tofino fashion
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dinner
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our place the next day
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the next day we also went to long beach. it was overcast and windy in the morning
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i cant believe this tree ever managed to grow here
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its really quite impressive
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ME!
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the beach
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i totally love these huge plants. they were everywhere out there
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an HDR sunset
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noa and i
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and finally a sunset
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overall, it was a pretty fun set. not much other than walking and eating.