The Pacific Marine Route is a driving tour that will take you from Duncan west to Lake Cowichan where you follow a seal coated logging road out to the west coast. Passing beautiful rivers and streams and lakes you will wind your way to Port Renfrew, a small village on the ocean. With an access point to both the West Coast Trail and Juan deFuca Marine Trail plus Botanical Beach, the population of Port Renfrew swells considerably in the summer. You can continue south east along the coastal highway making your way into Sooke, then Langford and back to the Trans Canada Highway just north of Victoria. Keep in mind logging trucks are active on this road, keep your headlights on and eyes off the gps when driving.
Sea Cucumber
The Sea Cucumber does the same job that worms do in our gardens. They move along the sea floor eating algaes, waste and plankton, breaking it down to become even smaller nutrients. They are a delicacy with 4 strips of muscle running down the length of the body with a similiar flavour to crab, although firmer. Their soft leathery orange skin has very flexible bumps and feels similiar to a soft leather bag of pudding.