MacMillan Provincial Park Website - bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/macmillan/ View many more LYRV videos from Vancouver Island - www.loveyourrv.com/tag/Vancouver-Island/
My childhood is full of memories from Cathedral Grove and Pacific Rim national park. Every year we spent 2 weeks on the west coast and stopped at Cathedral Grove on our way every year. Thanks for the memories!! :)
I drove log truck for 20 years and in about 1979 I hauked a Doug Fir that was 8 feet in diamiter which woul be 7.6 meters in circumference . That was the nicest looking log I have ever hauled. I am now 76 years old and have lots of good memories.
How timely you would post this video on the day you did. We were to be host to a lovely woman from London UK who had tried to come to Vancouver Island and see the "HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial" in Courtenay (her uncle is one of the Canadian sailors listed on the memorial wall) just as Covid shut down the planet in 2020. She finally got the chance to attempt to try again and unfortunately tested positive for Covid the day she was scheduled to take the ferry to the Island and is now in quarantine at her hotel in Vancouver. We had promised her we'd take her to see the Grove on our way up from Nanaimo to Courtenay, but now at least she can see what the grove would have been like on the week we were set to show her.
Nice to see the cove . I was there 30 years ago didn’t realize it was so close to the water. The trees falling really changed the views and the amount of light. Nice pictures too !
Amazing video. Thank you for the great tour. Maybe some day I can come out and witness this in person. Watch your video's, but this has to be one of the best. Thank you again from Duluth, Mn.
Yes, been over a few times over the years, most recent was a hike out to Sol Duc falls - www.loveyourrv.com/rainforest-hike-epic-mountain-vista-and-an-international-ferry-ride/ Cheers! Ray
Beautiful trees. Glad they weren’t harvested back in the 1800s. A far cry from the desert where you spent the winter. Do you have recommendations on wet weather gear? I should have checked your store before asking this question. We plan on going to Alaska and visiting the BC area in summer of 2023. Will be needing quality rain gear for sure.
Be prepared to layer as temps can change often on the coast and with mountains there are lots of micro-climates. I usually like fleece shirts and wool sweaters underneath a wind breaker or light rain jacket for the outside layer. North Face makes good jackets. Also get a pair of rain pants that go over your regular pants for those really wet days. Then good waterproof hiking boots and shoes. But overall in the summer your not going to run into much wet weather. Summer is the dry season and we often go into drought conditions. More likely you're going to run into heat and forest fires that time of year.
@@LoveYourRV thank you. I will follow your advice. Will be purchasing clothing early next year. Living in San Diego, the last think I need, unfortunately, is rain gear or warm clothes.
May is usually around 60F for high, but can vary between 40F to 85F. This year has been on the cool side with some record lows for May set in many locations.
Ray, we have lived on the Island for 40 +/- years and in the Valley for 22 of those. Every time we pass by either to go to Port Alberni for buckets of clams at the Clam Shack or onward to either Uclulet (right) or Bamfield (left) for camping we must stop at Cathedral Grove at least 50% of those trips. Wonderful spot, never gets old. Do you do logging roads or do you stick to better groomed trails?
I used to have an old campervan for many years back in the early 2000s, 1989 Ford, and would take it down many of the Island logging roads to explore and camp. It was a good van, very reliable 300CI straight 6 3 speed, with all the camperized weight it handled the washboard and potholes nicely. But these days I have the fifth wheel and it's too tall and long for most forestry sites and the truck is a 1-ton so it's got stiff springs, unloaded it's a pain on rough roads. Also, I'd hate to break my very expensive diesel truck, its task is pulling weight not boonie bashing. :)
Pacific Northwest coastal rain forests aren't tropical but temperate, they are often cool, shady, and damp. Temps like 50F can feel much colder due to the humidity in the air.
MacMillan Provincial Park Website - bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/macmillan/
View many more LYRV videos from Vancouver Island - www.loveyourrv.com/tag/Vancouver-Island/
My childhood is full of memories from Cathedral Grove and Pacific Rim national park. Every year we spent 2 weeks on the west coast and stopped at Cathedral Grove on our way every year. Thanks for the memories!! :)
Little Qualicum Falls is another stop we always did. The water is bitterly cold but the pools are worth it!!
Little Qualicum Falls is another stop we always did. The water is bitterly cold but the pools are worth it!!
I drove log truck for 20 years and in about 1979 I hauked a Doug Fir that was 8 feet in diamiter which woul be 7.6 meters in circumference . That was the nicest looking log I have ever hauled. I am now 76 years old and have lots of good memories.
Ray That Was WONDEFUL .I DID NOT WANT That VID TO END Thank You.......
Great walk through the rain forest Ray! Thanks.
~~~ WOW !!! , thans you !!! ~~~😊
very nice, thanks Ray. 🌲
How timely you would post this video on the day you did. We were to be host to a lovely woman from London UK who had tried to come to Vancouver Island and see the "HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial" in Courtenay (her uncle is one of the Canadian sailors listed on the memorial wall) just as Covid shut down the planet in 2020. She finally got the chance to attempt to try again and unfortunately tested positive for Covid the day she was scheduled to take the ferry to the Island and is now in quarantine at her hotel in Vancouver. We had promised her we'd take her to see the Grove on our way up from Nanaimo to Courtenay, but now at least she can see what the grove would have been like on the week we were set to show her.
Very nice!
Nice to see the cove . I was there 30 years ago didn’t realize it was so close to the water. The trees falling really changed the views and the amount of light. Nice pictures too !
Amazing video. Thank you for the great tour. Maybe some day I can come out and witness this in person. Watch your video's, but this has to be one of the best. Thank you again from Duluth, Mn.
Thanks, hope you get to see it in person some day! :)
Hey Ray,
I am a bit under the weather. I'm enjoying your videos, especially of Campbell River.
Good to hear, get well soon. Ray
Thank you for another informative video. Have you visited the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula? Impressive large trees.
Yes, been over a few times over the years, most recent was a hike out to Sol Duc falls - www.loveyourrv.com/rainforest-hike-epic-mountain-vista-and-an-international-ferry-ride/ Cheers! Ray
Ray, you can download an app then take a picture of a plant and it will tell you it's name and about that plant. Great video. I love the forest. 👍👍
Yes, we have that app, does OK sometimes, seems to have issues in high contrast areas and busy backgrounds.
Beautiful trees. Glad they weren’t harvested back in the 1800s.
A far cry from the desert where you spent the winter.
Do you have recommendations on wet weather gear? I should have checked your store before asking this question. We plan on going to Alaska and visiting the BC area in summer of 2023. Will be needing quality rain gear for sure.
I like my Helly Hansen rain coats/jackets from marks work warehouse and my Vessi shoes for when i’m in BC, lol 🍻
Be prepared to layer as temps can change often on the coast and with mountains there are lots of micro-climates. I usually like fleece shirts and wool sweaters underneath a wind breaker or light rain jacket for the outside layer. North Face makes good jackets. Also get a pair of rain pants that go over your regular pants for those really wet days. Then good waterproof hiking boots and shoes.
But overall in the summer your not going to run into much wet weather. Summer is the dry season and we often go into drought conditions. More likely you're going to run into heat and forest fires that time of year.
@@LoveYourRV thank you. I will follow your advice. Will be purchasing clothing early next year. Living in San Diego, the last think I need, unfortunately, is rain gear or warm clothes.
So in late may or is this April, don’t know you delay, what is the temp range there on Vancouver Is.?
May is usually around 60F for high, but can vary between 40F to 85F. This year has been on the cool side with some record lows for May set in many locations.
Ray, we have lived on the Island for 40 +/- years and in the Valley for 22 of those. Every time we pass by either to go to Port Alberni for buckets of clams at the Clam Shack or onward to either Uclulet (right) or Bamfield (left) for camping we must stop at Cathedral Grove at least 50% of those trips. Wonderful spot, never gets old. Do you do logging roads or do you stick to better groomed trails?
I used to have an old campervan for many years back in the early 2000s, 1989 Ford, and would take it down many of the Island logging roads to explore and camp. It was a good van, very reliable 300CI straight 6 3 speed, with all the camperized weight it handled the washboard and potholes nicely. But these days I have the fifth wheel and it's too tall and long for most forestry sites and the truck is a 1-ton so it's got stiff springs, unloaded it's a pain on rough roads. Also, I'd hate to break my very expensive diesel truck, its task is pulling weight not boonie bashing. :)
Hey Ray,
Congratulations on getting married.
I am seeing ferns but someone dressed in a full goose down parka.? Doesn’t make since.
Pacific Northwest coastal rain forests aren't tropical but temperate, they are often cool, shady, and damp. Temps like 50F can feel much colder due to the humidity in the air.
10:49 Ironically Columbus never did set foot on North American soil. I'm surprised the Canadian government has also gotten this wrong??
Guess it depends on what you class as North America. examples.yourdictionary.com/how-many-countries-are-north-america-full-list-territories