botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park

botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
Botanical Beach is located in Juan De Fuca Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, really close to Port Renfrew. Port Renfrew is one of the first places I remember going camping with my family, and I remember buying some really terrible Gatorade Gum while I was there – it was called “Gator Gum” and I discovered that, yes, even something as seemingly indestructible as gum has a half-life. Also, we caught fish on the beach and cooked them over campfires. It was rad.
We didn’t bother with the town on this particular trip – we drove from Victoria straight to Botanical Beach.
I remember a wrecked school bus crashed down near the beach at some point. That or I am mis-remembering. I was quite young when we last went. Was that ever there? Does anyone remember? I didn’t see it there. I looked for it.
Maybe I dreamt it.
In any case, the lighting was great, and as you’ll see, the ocean was pretty active that day. The mountains you’ll see across the water are in the United States, the north west tip of the northwestern Washington state. The map below can elucidate relative positions.

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Anyway, here are some photos:
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada
botanical beach, juan de fuca provincial park, port renfrew, british columbia, canada

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  1. You didn’t imagine the school bus. It sat beside the path for years. When they rebuilt the path down to the beach back in the 90’s, they got rid of the bus. Always makes me a little sad when I hike down there now.

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