Off to explore the mountainous inland of the Vancouver Island today, we headed out from Campbell River to a one horse town called Gold River. This town was part of the gold rush all those years ago, but there is not much to it these days. However, we just wanted a scenic drive to explore the inland of this beautiful island. We passed many alpine forested mountains and lakes in the almost 2 hours it took to get to Gold River.
We then decided we had come this far and decided to brave the 64km winding logging gravel road to the west coast of the island passing Muchalat Bay and Tahsis on the Nootka Sound. This journey into the back of beyond was a real adventure complete with many black tailed deer and bald eagle sightings and a lone black bear cub. I wanted to follow him and see if he was really alone, but it’s too dangerous with the possibility of a protective mommy behind the next tree!
Coming into Muchalat Inlet, we saw hump back whale in the sea and were awed by the natural beauty of this inlet. Then it was onto Tahsis which is really a fishing village with a population of about 50 people. At least Liam got to dip his toes in the Pacific Ocean and we got as far west in Canada as possible. Then we started the long slow journey home, arriving after dark – that’s after 8pm at the moment. Our scenic drive had turned into a wilderness west coast quest and another adventure enjoyed.
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