Hike: Ripple Rock

This past weekend R and I headed to Campbell River on Vancouver Island for a weekend of camping with my family.

On Saturday, we headed to north to hike to a viewpoint of Ripple Rock. The history of this place is pretty cool -- a huge explosion to destroy two rocks? Cool in my books! The straight where the rocks were is VERY narrow, even now, without the rocks. The tide was insanely fast too, which looked like fun for the boats playing in the narrows.

 Suspension bridge that R LOVED because he could bounce everyone on it.. my sister, not so much love.

 View of one of the beaches. Such a clear, hot hot hot day.

 Another 'viewpoint.'

 And another. Gorgeous.

 Somewhere near where the whirlpools are is where Ripple Rock was.

More whirlpools. So pretty!

Location: 19km north of Campbell River on highway 19A.
Time: 2.5ish hours, not walking super fast.
Total length: 8 km, although it felt a bit longer.