August 17-18, 2015 – Port Alberni (continued)
Monday we took the dogs to Ucleulet which is 96 km (58 miles) west of Port Alberni where we hiked the Lighthouse Loop of the Wild Pacific Trail. Cody’s leg is getting better every day and he is putting weight on it most of the time (he is only holding it off the ground when he is walking fast or running). It is cool and foggy here which makes for nice hiking. The 2.6 km Lighthouse Loop trail winds through the rainforest. This bent branch with a stump under it caught our attention. The trail had many “tree tunnels” which were fun and cool to walk through. The views of the coast were beautiful even through the fog. Throughout the hike we could hear the fog horn from the Amphitrite Point Lighthouse. The original wooden lighthouse was built in 1906 after the shipwreck of the Pass of Melfort in 1905. The lighth...
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