I slept for most of the ride up to Tofino .... there really is something nice about traveling in a camper! It was a long drive ... super strange sensation being on full throttle for so long and boom! suddenly, no more need for the throttle ... you are tied to a bench for 4 hours to think about and mull over the biggest weekend of your year ... so that was interesting.
We arrived at a very nice campground ... mom and sandy got busy setting up the beds, and food and I crawled into the back bed and pretty much stayed there all night. They would throw food at me once in awhile, and it was lovely ... I love the way 60 year olds eat....high quality meats, cheeses, pesto ... crackers and wine .... nothing better really.
In the morning, we were all excited for the day! It was HOT SPRING DAY!!! I have wanted to see these hotsprings for 20 years!! My sister and I came to Tofino long long time ago and we couldn't afford the trip out to the hotsprings ... she ended up going with the Coast Guard but I had never gone ... until now!!
We start getting the RV ready to drive and the pull outs are not pulling back in! It was so strange! We finally flagged down the campground maintenance guys and they gave us a hand ....
The boat ride was in a covered, heated boat, with 2 seater benches ... this was a pic of our ride back, but it was a long ride .... glad for my nice seat partner ... it was also nice not to get sick from the waves ... the boat had a deep hull, so we didn't even really feel the movements!
Beautiful boardwalks ... once off the boat we pretty much RAN to the hotsprings to be the first ones in! So glad that we did that because we had a good solid 15-20 minutes there on our own before these tiny hot pools became human soup! Super gross ... plus there was a young couple who thought this was the backdrop to a lovescene in their own personal movie ...so gross. The best part was mom was like 'I need to get pass them!' ... and I have no idea where she stepped because the pools were so little and the two of them were laying on top of eachother in the middle of them, hahaha .... even laughing now ... mom wants what she wants .... not even a couple of skinny lovers in bathing suits are going to stop her.
Thank you mom for snapping this shot! Most joy ever!! I am in HOT WATER!! in NATURE!! It was the very best ever! I will now be seeking hot springs where ever I go in this world and I will think of my mom whenever I find them!! (My next big goal for Mission: Hot Springs, is Iceland!!)
We arrived at a very nice campground ... mom and sandy got busy setting up the beds, and food and I crawled into the back bed and pretty much stayed there all night. They would throw food at me once in awhile, and it was lovely ... I love the way 60 year olds eat....high quality meats, cheeses, pesto ... crackers and wine .... nothing better really.
In the morning, we were all excited for the day! It was HOT SPRING DAY!!! I have wanted to see these hotsprings for 20 years!! My sister and I came to Tofino long long time ago and we couldn't afford the trip out to the hotsprings ... she ended up going with the Coast Guard but I had never gone ... until now!!
We start getting the RV ready to drive and the pull outs are not pulling back in! It was so strange! We finally flagged down the campground maintenance guys and they gave us a hand ....
The boat ride was in a covered, heated boat, with 2 seater benches ... this was a pic of our ride back, but it was a long ride .... glad for my nice seat partner ... it was also nice not to get sick from the waves ... the boat had a deep hull, so we didn't even really feel the movements!
Beautiful boardwalks ... once off the boat we pretty much RAN to the hotsprings to be the first ones in! So glad that we did that because we had a good solid 15-20 minutes there on our own before these tiny hot pools became human soup! Super gross ... plus there was a young couple who thought this was the backdrop to a lovescene in their own personal movie ...so gross. The best part was mom was like 'I need to get pass them!' ... and I have no idea where she stepped because the pools were so little and the two of them were laying on top of eachother in the middle of them, hahaha .... even laughing now ... mom wants what she wants .... not even a couple of skinny lovers in bathing suits are going to stop her.
Thank you mom for snapping this shot! Most joy ever!! I am in HOT WATER!! in NATURE!! It was the very best ever! I will now be seeking hot springs where ever I go in this world and I will think of my mom whenever I find them!! (My next big goal for Mission: Hot Springs, is Iceland!!)
