Hiking along the western coast has been a dream since moving to the left coast and hence the Juan de Fuca trail making the Bucket List (#28, don’tcha know!)…and cross that one off the list. Sunday evening, we emerged from the woods from three awesome days on the trail. The pain in my neck from my hefty pack has disappeared, so in my attempt to keep this dream top of mind, I’m going to share my day-by-day accounts. I took far too many pictures and simply had far too good a time to keep this one short. 
Here’s the journey in photos – hope it inspires you to chuck a pack on your pack or simply lace up your trail runners (to those crazy ultra types!) for a beautiful 47km trek!
Day #1: China Beach to Chin Beach – 21km
The day started bright and early at 5AM as we bundled into the car to head for the ferry and then drive out to Jordan River. We finally hit the trail head at 11AM at kilometer zero.
Bear Beach: first beach crossing - more sand than rocks - heavy pack & blue skies!
Most delish lunch: pita/pb/gorp!
A wee river crossing - chasing the red markers hanging in the trees!
Stunning views as we pranced along the shore line...this implied it was "flat". (Unlike the climbs/descends of the final 11km!)
I dare not show you our faces when we finally made it to camp at 8pm on Day1. Let's just say dumping these packs was a welcomed treat!
What can be cooler than catching your water from a waterfall flowing thru a tree stump? Freshly pumped chilled water after a long day of hiking - perfect hydration!
The day ended just before dusk, on the windy beach where we set up our tent inhaled our dehydrated dinner and quickly proceeded to hit the hay. We had the “most difficult” (as per BC Parks) section out of the way, and two full days left to enjoy the remainder of the trail.
Little did we know just how “awesome” we’d feel in the morning…
This sounds soooooo great! I know kev and I will do this someday as well! I can’t wait to hear / read more about it!
Jenn