
Driving out, smoke was pretty bad from the forest fires
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Shuswap
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Entering Vancouver
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went straight to the beach
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on the ferry to the island
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nice cruiser at the trailhead
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hiking the trail
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ryan starting off
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the first of the few suspension bridges there were on the way
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tree became part of the trail
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me
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first beach access
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this is Washington on the other side
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big tree
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more trees cut up into stairs
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camping on the beach (tide came pretty close, but missed us)
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Rock on a pillar beach
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foggy and rainy, the usual there
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mud
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the trail - lots of berries everywhere
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weird seaweed, i thought they were snakes at first
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more mud
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very big tree
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sea lions
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camping in the rainforest
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mm, tasty. no wonder the bears eat them so much
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cool morning light through the fog
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you feel so small inside the trees
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fog
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some info signs close to the finish
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Victoria
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Starting a 3-day hike in Strathcona National Park, totally different from the west coast
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On the way up a mountain, we get to see snow again
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Lots of little lakes everywhere
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whohoo, snow
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a view of our destination in the distance
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butterfly stuck in the snow. i helped it out after the picture
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nice view from the summit
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going back down the way we came
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Mt Washington ski hill (and parking lot) in the distance
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Driving down the highway along the coast
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going back to the mainland, on the ferry from Nanaimo
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we're pretty far away, a long ferry ride
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Vancouver in the distance
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