San Josef Bay

San Josef Bay was one of the reasons why we wanted to visit the north of Vancouver Island, but we heard it was a 70km drive down a logging road. After realising it may not be too bad and travelling along the worst road ever on our visit to the little Huson caves a few days earlier, well we decided to give it a go. The logging trucks - when they did come - came flying past which was a bit nerve-racking, but eventually after 2hrs or so we arrived at the parking lot near San Josef Bay. The walk through the forest felt very tense what with finding fresh bear scat and the warnings about the wolves (throw rocks at them, apparently)! We met a couple half way down and after chatting we headed on together through the ancient forest towards the Bay. Eventually we came out into the Bay which was amazing, untouched and one of the remote places we've been to. Maddie had a little paddle in the cold sea and after a beer we said our goodbyes to our short known friends and started the tense walk back to the car. No sign of wildlife fortunately, but as soon as we drove out of the car park, a little black bear ran into the road! We had heard that the pub in Holberg did the best burgers on Vancouver Island so we stopped to try and yep, they are very very tasty.Read more