Next stop was Tofino for a couple of nights at the dock. Sharon had a flight booked to Vancouver and then back to Cranbrook. Her time with us is coming to and end. Probably because we are almost out of raspberry jam!
We got a spot at the Tofino Harbour Authority dock. It is was pretty tight and a tricky docking but Jim just stuck it ! Yay Jim.
It was fun to wander around Tofino again. We used to come here 2-3 times a year from 1996-2007. We used to stay in one house on Chesterman’s Beach every spring break and then other houses at various different times of the year.
In some ways Tofino has changed a lot. And in other ways it has stayed the same !
We took a free shuttle service to Chesterman’s beach and walked from the house we used to stay at on South Chesterman’s- to the north end of Chesterman’s.
We have an original watercolour of this log we bought in Tofino about 2004.
This is where we stayed for many years at Spring Break. But it has been through a major renovation. The family we rented it from sold it in 2005. We stayed there for nine Spring break vacations plus other wonderful Tofino holidays during the years.
We had a wonderful dinner out at SoBo restaurant. When we first came to Tofino SoBo was a food truck in the parking lot of the surf shop that was across the highway from Chesterman’s Beach Road – Lynn Road. And then the food truck moved to the Botanical Garden site. And now it’s a brick and mortar restaurant. The food was amazing then and is amazing now. We had a visit with Lisa – the chef. She says she’s celebrating her 20 year anniversary of being in Tofino. Sharon bought the new cookbook as well.
Phoenix Hunter 1985 
Your blogging from Tofino makes me wanting to go to Tofino. A few years ago for my birthday, my girls took me to Tofino and we stayed at Dream Cottage air B&B on Chesterman’s beach for 5 days. It was in January but but I enjoyed the beach, food and the hot tub outside on the deck. Since I love Tofino but not the windy road to Tofino, the shuttle bus from the boat to the town sounds great, or flying in and taking the shuttle like Sharon did.
I am sure you missed the time when you and Jim took the kids away to Tofino during many spring breaks. Time flies and those kids are kids no more.
Baked oyster looks great. How was kelp stout taste like?
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Hi Suk. You certainly could easily fly in to Tofino. It’s Pacific Coastal from the YVR South Terminal. And there are shuttle buses back and forth to the airport and buses to the beaches. We really enjoyed being back there again.
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