VANCOUVER ISLAND: day 14
Despite a few rude awakenings caused by my recent biking underwear trauma, I actually had a good nights sleep. Did the morning camping admin (last nights washing up, Isaac’s daily rearrange of the roof box, etc etc.), thought about staying another night as it was pretty nice, but decided not to settle, surely we can find one even nicer.
No phone signal here, but spied some waterfalls on the offline map at the end of Buttle Lake (the one next to the lake we were on) so headed there. Quite exciting only having a star on a map to go from, like the good old days before technology made roadtrips way too easy.
Myra falls were absolutely insane, worth at least 3 stars on the offline maps. Floods of aqua blue falls, crashing down into pools and then straight into the most stunning lake I’ve seen on this trip so far. We followed the falls down to the waters edge, pretty steep and slippery, a few sketchy moments, but worth it.
Annoyingly, the roads to continue on past the lake were definitely out of the van’s league (this time it was probably sensible to take note of the 4WD recommended signs) so had to double back towards Campbell Lake. Found a lush spot at the bottom of Buttle Lake to make lunch, then headed off to suss out some potential sleeping spots we had pinned on the map.
Turned off the highway, drove down some small roads that got smaller and smaller, before opening out into a peninsula in the middle of the lake. THE SPOT WAS CRAZY GOOD Y’ALL. 360 degree lake view. Drove around to find the best of the best spots, discovered a makeshift outhouse and found a guest book, signed by adults clearly having a mint time. Turns out we’ve stumbled upon another rave spot. Already imagining all our friends in Whistler doing an island trip and having a weekend sesh here.
Settled in for the night, I heated up some water on the stove and had a little nature bath in the washing up tub. Why has it taken me so long to discover this? Warmth, glass of wine in hand, topped off with an excellent view, could be worse.
Made an extravagant dinner of veggie frittas, grilled corn and a luxe salad. Sat around the fire till it was dark, then climbed into bed a watched Game of Thrones.