Imagine! Something travel-related that was new to Kate but old news to Don!
Our aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, probably the most revered and storied bush plane in Canadian history. Although production ceased 40 years ago, hundreds of Beavers remain in service today, and are much sought after for their reliability and ruggedness. Very cool:
Once at Hotprings Cove, we set up camp in the campground across the cove from the village. The springs themselves were a 30-minute walk away along a good boardwalk through the forest. There are some great views along the way:
The springs were crowded during the middle of the day, but we were still able to enjoy them.
An especially neat feature of these springs is that you can soak in them right where they flow into the ocean, which means that you get an invigorating hot-cold-hot cycle as the waves surge in and out of the lower pools.
On the way back to Tofino, we were lucky enough to spot a humpback whale. Our pilot circled a few times at about 500 feet so we could watch and snap a few photos:
Once we were back in Tofino, it was just a 4-hour drive across the Island, a 4-hour ferry wait, and another 2 hours on the ferry and driving through Vancouver, before we could rest again. But we didn't rest long!
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Come to think about it, Don's first plane trip was on a Grumman Mallard, an amphibious plane that can land either on the ground or on water. He was but a babe in arms, so cared not at all for the fantastic views of the icefields of the Coast Mountains as we flew to Ocean Falls and Bella Coola on the BC coast.
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