Somewhere over the rainbow

Arrived in Tofino on Monday after a five hour bus ride, an experience in itself:  Over the Malahat to Duncan, then stops at the Nanaimo airport and ferry terminal; through Parksville and Coombs to Port Alberni, where we stopped to eat our picnic lunch in the bus station parking lot; then on to the Pacific Rim Hwy, over The Hump, and through a winding stretch of road with a sheer drop to Kennedy Lake on the right and a rock face on the left; a quick stop in Ucluelet (Ukee to the locals), then on to the Long Beach Lodge Resort in Tofino.

Weather is fabulous, food is great, staff are engaging, and the view is unbeatable.