For our last night in Victoria we took a slow and quiet walk around the inner harbor at dusk. The sky and the water were the same mysterious, cloudy blue, a perfect foil for the capitol building's lighted splendor.

We found this lonesome cove off a trail at our hotel in Tofino, Pacific Sands Beach Resort. On our last morning in Tofino, I clambered up and down craggy rocks to perch on a cliff. The waves crashed so fiercely against the rocks at my feet I could almost feel the vibrations. I just stood there for nearly an hour, captivated by the power of the Pacific. When the waves calmed and the fog began to clear I took out my camera.

I wish these pictured showed even a tenth of the cove's majestic lure, but I suppose if pictures could capture the essence of a place we would never travel. I can only insist that you go to see it yourself.