Lost

Last night i spent the night in the rain forest with only the clothes on my back - no coat or anything! I went for a walk which turned into climbing a mountain. From there i saw another, much taller mountain so i went and climbed that. I noticed the sun was starting to get low in the sky by this point so i thought i would cut through the rainforest in between a small set of mountains/hills and would come out on the beach close to where my lodge is. Well, i few hours later i popped out on the cliffs at the oceans edge no where near the lodge so I began to run along the rocks as i knew the light was not going to last. I was really going fast along the cliffs and could see the lighthouse off the point where my lodge is off in the distance - i was getting close - but not close enough. I came to a massive cliff with no way around and about 80' of frigid pacific water separating me from the other side - i would have to go back into the forest to navigate my way around. By the time i was in the brush it was completely black and with a 150 foot cliff on the side of me i thought it would be wise to turn back and sleep on the rocks for the night and try again in the morning. So i hunkered down and made a makeshift bed out of some ground cover and froze the night away getting only a few blinks of sleep here and there before sunrise. In the morning i re-entered the dense forest and soon found myself totally lost and losing hope. Remaining as calm as possible i sat and listened to the forest for a solid 10 minutes, meditated, and gathered my instincts to find my way to the peninsula on the way back to the lodge about an hour later. Deciding to stick to the rocks i clammered and climbed the huge jagged cliffs holding on with everything i had in me and eventually made my way back to the beach. Relief! I made it out alive and had the rest of the day to enjoy the sunshine and nap outside, reliving my experience with contentment for the remaining afternoon.

Ancient Giant

Some of the oldest trees in Canada are rooted on Vancouver Islands west coast and are primarily Western Red Cedar and the magnificent Douglas Firs. This is about a third of the base of the biggest tree I have seen in 15 years and is thought to be over 1600 years old. The Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, where I call home, also boasts some of the oldest trees in North America as the cedars that line the limestone cliffs are estimated to be in the multiple thousands of years old - extremely unique and beautiful but not nearly as awe inspiring as of one of the perpetually enormous trees found out here on the west coast. It truly is awesome.

Long Walks & Simple Pleasures

life is great.

Zonsondergang op Cox Bay

So On My Second Last Day At The Hostel I Was Staying At In Tofino, Before I Moved Into The Resort, A Dutch Girl Wandered In And We Were All Delighted To Find Out About Life In The Netherlands. She Entertained Us With Her Weird and Ugly (She Admits It) Language And We Gave Her A HArd Time About Her Inability To Speak PERFECT English. Anyways, She Now Works With Me At The Resort And Has Provided The Title For This Image - Sunset At Cox Bay - The Bay Where Our Resort Is Brilliantly Perched. I Think I Will Love This Place. Less Than 100 Meters From Here There Is A Peninsula Dubbed "Sunset Point" - The Same Name Given To One Of My Favourite Places In Ontario And The Place I Refer To When i Am Asked "Where Are You From?"
Sunset Point.

50 Cent Piece

Here's a Sand Dollar I Found On The Shores Of Cox Bay in Tofino, BC - Where I Now Call Home! It's Been A While Since I've Updated With Anything Too Spectacular But I Have Had Camera Troubles, Work Issues (No Tome For Photography), And I Have Been On The Move A Lot Lately. A Week Ago I FOud Myself On A Bus To Tofino And Since Then I Have Found A Job And A Place To Live And It's All So Amazing Out Here. I Have Many Pictures TO Post Already And A Some What Reliable Source Of Wireless Internet To Try And Update Regularly Once Again! This Means More Stories And More Pictures Which Everyone Loves - Am I Right? So Stay Tuned For Future Posts And The Return To Regular Updates. Peace & Love