Another late start, sat around, ate brunch and read our books..... Later on we went into Sooke to do some food shopping, make phone calls and send blogs – the weather was relatively chilly today so Jan bought a “Canada” fleece, very touristy!
After we returned and stowed the shopping we decided to explore further up the coast – the terrain gets a bit wilder and everything is more remote. We went north west up the Port Renfrew road. The road is actually a virtual dead end 74km away, it finishes at an ocean headland, with only “logging trails” off the road at rare intervals.
Along this road we came to “China beach”, it's a bleak but beautiful stretch of sand and pebbles, and some really huge bits of driftwood, apparently they do have tsunamis along this coast, this may explain some of the wood “wreckage”. What can't be explained however is the wreckage of a car we came across, deep in the forest! How it got there is a mystery, the trees around it are dense, and the nearest road is a quarter of a mile away!
After China beach we kept on to Port Renfrew, it really is remote, very much like a pioneer settlement – we were hungry and hoped to find some kind of burger cabin for the hikers, but what we found was a truly remarkable café! - a very modest shack type diner, with plain tables and bare walls, but a fabulous choice on the menu – Jan was delighted with all the “veggie” options! The atmosphere was very friendly too and the prices were cheap, great!
Before returning, we decided we had to go as far as we could before falling into the Pacific, and so we went to the park at the headland, called “Botany Bay”, here we found another coastal gem! Rock pools, driftwood, big trees, and lots of atmosphere. A long drive back, but a really worthwhile, memorable trip – and the furthest west we shall be going.
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