Yukon Ho!

Jun 6, 2006: We’re almost ready to go pro…

We got up around 9am and drove back into town for breakfast at a place called Tuff Beans. It was overpriced but so is everything in Tofino.
Around 11am we drove back to Pacific Sands and surfed for a couple more hours. My sister came down from her villa and took some pictures that made us look pro, and I cut my hand on the fin of my board so hopefully it scars and when people ask where I got the scar I can say “Ahhhhhhhh surfing. Yep, that’s right -I surf.” I won’t mention the part where I ran from the water with my bleeding hand held high over my head so as not to bleed in the water and attract the bloodthirsty sharks.
We showered all the saltwater off ourselves in Cor’s villa and said our final good-byes to her and Kent, then drove back to the surf shop to return our gear and score a free sticker. After that we shopped around the downtown a bit because Sean needed another quick-dry shirt and pair of shorts and we both got suckered into buying cowboy hats. I’ve always made fun of cowboy hats but they seem very functional -the straw weave allows your head to breathe, the wide brim covers your face, neck and ears, and the bolero-chin-strap thing means you can wear it on a bike without losing it. They’re the ideal headgear!
We had planned to bike into Ucluelet in the afternoon but by the time we finished shopping it was dinnertime. Instead of eating a sensible dinner we opted to stuff ourselves full of leftover wedding candy (sour keys, peanut M&M’s and licorice), then park in the Green Point lot to drink a bottle of wine and do some computer mapping before bed.

Amy