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It's been some time since my last Vancouver Island photos. While we have visited also other locations on the island, Tofino remains our absolute favorite and back in 2016 we did visit it in November to try to witness the famous storm season.



Following Halloween, many Port Alberni residents bring their pumpkins in Cathedral Grove park for animals and passerbyers to enjoy.















Cathedral Grove is home to some really old trees and the tallest of them measures a respective 80 meters in height!



Wild Pacific Trail in Ucluelet is a great trail for storm watching. While it was a windy day, the waves were not that huge, yet there were still some nice splashes to see.









Our favorite accommodation in Tofino is the relaxing Middle Beach Lodge.







In recent years there has been some nice restaurants open in Tofino, such as Sobo.







The next day we went hiking nearby Radar Hill. Along this trail there was an abandoned building in middle of the forest.







Back in 2016 the trail was still under-developed and basically ran through a muddy swamp. It was impossible to walk away with dry feet and fortunately the trail has since been re-built with boardwalks and should now be way easier to traverse.







The highlight of the trail is a Canadian Air Force's Canso plane wreck from 1945. It was a severe accident but all 12 passengers made it out of the wreckage alive.







It is incredible how much of the plane remains in one piece. Finding a plane wreck in middle of forest really makes one's imagination run wild. What a cool location!!





















After a long hike, we headed next to check out Long Beach where the surf was up.











To end our nice day, we had made dinner reservations at the prestigious Wickannish Inn.













The Pointe restaurant is famous for its food and their tasting menu was superb. We have since then been back few more times and it has always been fantastic!

















Our night ended with a walk on the beach under the stars. We had had yet another great long weekend in this beautiful part of the world.