VANCOUVER ISLAND: day 27

Accidentally woke up late, rushed to eat and not accidentally waste the day. Feeling a bit hormonal, a few silent tears over absolutely nothing (not being able to find my shorts etc)

Thankfully not as hot as yesterday. First run was scary but fun, next run was an accidental double black, not so fun. It’s unbelievably frustrating falling off every 10 seconds. Made it to the bottom alive (a miracle) and did the pump track there a few times, felt cool, then did one last run which was v fun.

Tried to go for a beer at the brewery but the queue was out the door and round the corner. So found a pub instead and chatted to some locals, they were nice. I still like the Cumberland vibe a lot. 

Cleaned the bikes then planned a route to Tofino. Picked the inland route past Commox Lake, so we could explore the lakes dotted along the network of forest service roads in that area to find somewhere to stay for the night. The road was super sketchy but it turned out to be a very scenic route, Commox Lake is BEAUT and huge. 

A good chunk of the route’s forest service roads were so overgrown they had been reclaimed by the forest/had disintegrated to nothing/a surprise road block. So lot’s of backtracking and re-routing was done. Decided to just aim for an IOverlander spot by Great Central Lake as the day was slipping away from us, almost got there but then ANOTHER FRIKIN ROAD BLOCK GRR. New plan: give up on FSRs, head back to the highway and drive as close to Tofino we can get before driving is too much.  

It was dark, driving had become beyond tedious, so found another spot near Kennedy River. Not a very exciting day, hopes for tomorrow being better.