Well another totally awesome day. We left Port Alberni sometime shortly after 8 and headed straight to Tofino. We lucked out and arrived 15 minutes before a whale watching tour took off so away we went. We were out on the ocean in a few minutes and soon spotted a small humpback. We and a half dozen other tour boats enjoyed a few glimpses but no breeching or tail shots so off we went to look at a colony of sea lions. Near the sea lions we spotted another small humpback,this one gave a bit more of a show but nothing spectacular. The captain heard on the radio that there was a humpback in a channel about 30 minutes away giving a bit more show so "away we go!". By the time we got there the whale had quieted down so we saw only a bit of it and by then we had to return to port. Oh well at least we saw something!
After that it was a fantastic meal in a highly recommended restaurant called Seafood Shanty....Mmmmmm good
Hiking, hiking and more hiking was our activities for the remainder of the day. Caro tells me we did 16000 steps.
We ended the day in Ucluelet and have already booked another motel for tomorrow (this one is great but unavailable tomorrow)
We watched the sunset from our motel window and while the sunset itself was not that great the bald eagles that kept flying across our fields of vision were a perfect way to end our day.
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