Day 26 - From Worst to Best

Following yesterday’s events, we took it easy today and enjoyed the McDonald’s free Wi-Fi and the Olympic sport climbing competition.

The Worst Night Ever

After yesterday’s events, we decided to set up “camp” in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Turns out this place isn’t made for tents…

The combination of the evening’s events, the hard pavement to set our tents, the other sketchy people roaming around the lot and the lights constantly on during the night made for the worst night of our trip.

We barely slept all night, but at least the view wasn’t half bad once we got out of our tents.

A quick stop by Murrin Lake

After spending most of the day at McDonald’s working on the blog, watching the Olympics, and drinking way too much (well needed) coffee, we eventually headed off towards Vancouver. On our way, we stopped by Murrin Lake Provincial Park, where we had fun traversing a boulder we’d seen yesterday.

Stargazing at Bowen Lookout

After our quick stop at Murrin Lake, we headed off towards Cypress Provincial Park near West Vancouver to make our way up the Howe Sound Crest Trail and find a camping spot for the night. About 2km into the trail, we came across Bowen Lookout, offering a gorgeous view of the sound and, notably, of Bowen Island, where ferries constantly came into port and went back towards Horseshoe Bay, where we were yesterday morning.

The view there was amazing and the floor was flat so we figured we’d set up camp here for the night. While we were waiting for the sun to set, we talked to people coming by and met a group from Sherbrooke, where Tim is from. We were then treated to a stunning sunset over the mountains across the sound.

With no rain clouds over the horizon, we decided to sleep under the stars, without our rain-flys on our tents. We were then amazed by the light show in the sky, with a faint glimpse of the milky way, obscured by the lights of Vancouver, and quite a few falling stars across the sky.

What a wonderful way to end a day that started so badly.