Tofino Camping Trip

August 21-23, 2009

The weekend camping trip to Tofino was great. Although it sprinkled the first day, it cleared up pretty fast and we ended up with gorgeous weather for the rest of the weekend. We camped at Kennedy Lake, which is just on the outskirts of Tofino.  This camping area that we chose was also known as “Redneck Beach”. My friend Chris drives a Saturn and was the “minority” there as we had entered 4X4 land. As you can tell from the name, it was a bit rowdy at night. The first night wasn’t bad but the second was worse.I learned my lesson from my Cape Scott trip and brought some ear plugs! I slept like a baby. However, some people got no sleep at all as people were yelling, screaming, singing, and playing music all night long!

They should have this as a tourist attraction for Tofino

On Saturday we took a trip out to Tofino and had lunch at the Sea Shanty restaurant. It was pretty much the only thing to do that morning as it was pouring down rain. The thing to get there is the oyster burger. One of the best I’ve tasted so far. I decided to get the yam fries ($3 more which is a rip-off) but it was so worth it. Yam fries are the best! Later that afternoon it cleared up a bit and we all headed to Long beach to play some soccer and frisbee and just hang out on the sand.

The oysters were pretty yummy and so were the yam fries

The best part of the day was dinner. Ok, you may think that all I talk about is food but man, it’s like the best part of camping – The Food!! I’m pretty sure we had the best dinner out of all the camp spots at that place. It was super gourmet. For dinner we made bison burgers, smokies (with sauteed onions and garlic, and tomatoes), bbq mushrooms and green peppers all spiced up, salad on the side, and for dessert we had my favorite recipe – banana smores. To make banana smores you basically cut up a banana in half, and alternate adding marshmellows and chocolate in the banana and wrap it in tin foil. Let it heat and melt on the grill for a few minutes and voila  – you have a gewy and tasty banana smore!

Kevin’s famous smores – Ok, it doesn’t look that appetizing but man, it is sooooo good!

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