Suuuuper Belated Hiking Adventures...

I saved up my annual vacation for the end of August and mid-September this year.  Let me tell you, January through August is a long haul to go without vacation.  But it was totally worth it.  Our all-women hiking trip adventure to the North Coast Trail on Vancouver Island was pretty much a dream come true and exactly what I needed, and then Seattle was faaan-tastic. 

Lots of beach walking, even more forest walking, and overcast weather, plus four of the best hiking companions of all time added up to one seriously awesome trip. 

Basically, we hiked five (six?) days on the remote tip of Vancouver Island and served as entertainment/comic-relief for the hard core arcteryx-sponsored family of hikers that hit the trail hours ahead of us every morning, and were in camp hours ahead of us each night.  We were too busy laughing to hike at a regular pace. I think they liked us.

It was pretty remote...we saw two bears on the beach where our water taxi dropped us off at the trail head, and there were several bear sightings, wolf sightings, and even a cougar (apparently) sighting by other groups, but I think we were a bit too loud for the wildlife, so they scrammed long before we got close enough to see them.

In conclusion, I loooove my sister and friends and everyone should do the North Coast Trail.  The end.