sign at pachena lighthouse
i thought we were done with ladders
walking off the trail
end of the trail for us....start of the trail for others
final trail photo
heading to the ferry
mother and baby gray whale
hole-in-the-wall from our boat
mt. rainerwe woke at 6:30 today and started hiking at 8:20 because we had to finish the trail by 12 to catch our 12:30 water ferry back to port renfrew. the trail from michigan to bamfield was 12 km and all inland. the trail was wider in this stretch, but still had plenty of elevation changes and mud. we hiked really fast. my pack was 15# lighter than when i started but my body was pretty shot. the kms seemed to drag on. the final 2km were huge elevation changes with large ladder sections. at 11:30, three hours after we started, we had finally made it to the end. we checked out with the trailhead office, took a final trail picture, and arranged a ride down to brian's ferry boat. we stopped by a convienance store on the way to the ferry and got some sandwiches and a case of beer. the boat trip started off with a bang with multiple gray whale sighting. we started following three grays (a mother and calf and another male). we eventually lost them and continued on our trip back to port renfrew. the ride back went along vancouver island and covered the entire west coast trail. we got to see our campsite at michigan, tsusiat, hole-in-the-wall, cribs, and carmanah lighthouse. we stopped and circled the haul-out rocks with sea lions off the coast of the lighthouse. we saw another haul-out rock with harbour seals. we then continued to walbran, camper, and then we were back to port renfrew. we went a nearby port renfrew pub and grabbed some beers, nachos and wings. after dinner we checked in to the port renfrew hotel. everyone showered and then i passed out as the others went out (6:00 PM). 14 hours later we woke up and headed back to seattle.
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