May 19-21, 2018 - Meares & Flores Island Adventure
This past May long weekend the weather did not look too great to find a local area to do a mountain backpack somewhat close to home. So, I did some searching on the Weather Network and found that Vancouver Island, more specifically, Tofino looked like it was going to have some decent weather. Perfect! I was desperate to not spend my long weekend cooped up at home and most likely boredom shopping at MEC, so I ended up planning an Island adventure. With lots of searching on Google I mapped out what I wanted to do and hoped we could accomplish it all in the time we had and without making Ferry reservations. This was also my first multi-day backpack since I have been on a ketogenic diet. Finding the right kind of foods and exerting the energy required was going to be interesting. Our trip consisted of going from Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal to Departure Bay (2 hour ferry ride) then drive 3 hours to Tofinio. Catch a water taxi to Lone Cone Campground on Meares Island an...