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Had a lovely day walking 2km through the rainforest on boardwalks, exploring another beach and hiking up a very steep, very muddy ‘hill’, with no signage, no track and lots and lots of tree roots to clamber over…. Rainforest Trails So nice to visit Tofino in the off-season when it is not crowded. This sign in the rainforest - oldie but a goodie The bottom of the track before we hit the steep incline… Views from the top were worth it though.
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All I can say it is to clear the margins which is what you want to happen. You should have seen the incision and the large number of stitches I got for a tiny red dot on the side of my face. My colleagues were surprised I needed to take 2 weeks off work, so I sent them a photo of all the stitches…..Just an fyi - I religiously rubbed in the cream recommended by the surgeon post op for quite so time. It worked a treat. All I can see now is a area of my skin on the side of my face that is paler than the rest of my face. No-one else would notice it
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Thanks. The whale watching photos yesterday are from a canon camera that has what I call a long lense but it’s not long compared to the actual long lenses all the other passengers had on the zodiac! I brought it over from Australia for DS to use. Dad bought it a couple of years ago but never used it so offered it to me for this trip for Alaska. All other photos are from my usual “old” iPhone that I post my Sydney pictures from. Thanks for the compliment Planning this trip did my head in at times. It was hard. So much research but it is absolutely paying off.
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Today, the excitement ramped up even further. We dressed in four layers then headed to our Whale watch tour out of Nanaimo, where we were provided with a head to toe expedition suit and goggles. Boarded our zodiac with 7 others + naturalist + crew/photographer and Captain. Then spent the most wonderful 4 hours on the water. After seeing stellar sea lions, harbour seals, humpback whale, we continued on all the way up near to Squamish in the water. In this absolutely beautiful water, surrounded by snow capped mountains and we saw ORCAS!!! We spent about an hour just drifting as this family of four orcas (mum & 3 sons - one only 1 year old) swam nearby. Our Zodiac was the only one there. We had this magic to ourselves. I was almost in tears. Took a solid 1hr high speed ride back to Nanaimo but it was so worth it and in all the gear, ours & theirs, we were toasty warm despite the cold temps on the open zodiac.