Day 3

Since we didn't get our surf in yesterday, we decided to delay our start time until after surf o'clock. We got all our camping gear packed away again (last night we camped at a campground just across the street from the Botanical Gardens") and then headed into town to go surfing! We rented our gear at "Long Beach" rentals and went surfing at Cox Bay. It was so fun! We decided to forgo the lessons and just give'r for two hours and figure it out ourselves. Standing is overrated, right? WRONG! We stood up all by ourselves! (we don't actually have photo proof of that....we mastered the standing after we took the pictures... and let me just say that when i said "mastered" i meant we were able to stand up and either fall down soon after, or stay standing while the waves passed us by). But it was a blast!
We ended up leaving Tofino officially at 3:30 and hit the road! We only went for 2hrs and completed approximately 45km before calling it a night. At about km 30, we stopped off at the junction (where the road either veered towards Ucluelet or Port Alberny). There, we talked to three older men who were traveling in the opposite direction who warned us about the road ahead. They recommended camping at Lake Kennedy because the hills were really bad up ahead and we probably shouldn't do it in the dard (long, windy, narrow, trucking route, no shoulder). So, as we were coming up to a large hill, there was a road crew working. We asked where we could camp in the area (ie no more than 2hrs bike ride away) and they recommended just at the side of the road before the hill. So that's what we did. It was a good sleep and we had tons of daylight to set up camp and get ready for tomorrow! It was a beautiful day and we officially cycled 46.495km! Now i'm just worried about the massive hills that we are supposed to face tomorrow!