After the excitement of the morning it was time to relax our way through the afternoon. And what better way to relax than on the beach and in some ice cold sea? We grabbed our wetsuits, chairs, soccer balls and body boards and off we went down to Cox beach which is out the front of our hotel. This time we also remembered to take our sea shoes and what a difference that made. Instead of walking into the water and thinking our feet had turned to ice we could actually just walk straight in. And with that the body boarding began.
Toby was practising in the shallower water and quickly got the hang of it as he zoomed into shore. Harry was further out in the larger waves and also doing very well riding the waves right in to the beach. I flolloped about as best I could trying to keep up with the boys but I’m starting to fight a losing battle on that front, maybe another couple of years before they’re beating me!
It was amazing what difference those sea shoes (not sure of their technical name) make. The water at times almost felt warm, although the fact that the sun was out and beating down didn’t hurt. After a while Toby did get cold so he went up to build sand castles with Tracy while Harry and I stayed in the water waiting for the perfect wave. Harry was getting very confident and was starting to push himself up on his board as if he was preparing for his surf lesson tomorrow. Eventually, after a couple of hours or more we got out as well, pretty much exhausted!
The only thing to do after being in the cold sea is to get in a warm hot tub and that’s exactly what we did. With our bodies warmed the next most important thing was to stuff them full of food! We showered, got dressed, jumped in the car and went into Tofino. We found a very nice restaurant called Shelter and had some fantastic halibut, salmon and grilled cheese (not all on the same plate), plus some truffles and apple and cherry crumble, all washed down with local beer and wine.
It’s a tough life!