Boat trip back

We had over 2 hours at the hot pools. You have to take any food and drink you want with you.
By the time we left at 2.30pm there were quite a lot of people as 3 boats had arrived so our timing was good.
On the way back to Tofino we went on the outside of all the islands. There are so many along the coastline. It was interesting to see the sea otters, they just lay on their backs with their feet up in the air as if they are having a doze.
We also saw a sea lion colony with a huge alpha male who had many females surrounding him,he seemed very content.

We have never seen so many seaplanes of all sizes,they are on most of the lakes.

There was hope of seeing some whales but again this was not to be. they get grey whales,humpbacks,minkie and orcas but they were all somewhere else that day.

I forgot to to mention about the planks on the broad walk which we found interesting. Lots of the planks are carved with boats names and we asked about it. The hot springs were visited by early fur traders in the 1900s and then used by fisherman who would bath after long trips at sea. The track got very muddy and so they would firstly put logs of wood. Then some used the old planks off their fishing vessels as they were replaced with new ones it was a good use of them. They carved the name of their boat on the plank before attaching it to the track and so a tradition started.