Finding one's place on the Juan de Fuca Trail

Kurt Johnston is a recent transplant to Vancouver, B.C. Calling Ontario home most of his life, he and his partner made the move west to live, explore, and fall in love with the West Coast. He shares with us this journal from their recent hike along the Juan de Fuca Trail.
They say to go west, to see the country: to experience things grander, wilder, and more beautiful. A long, wet winter – coupled with a lack of knowledge of our new environs – has limited our exploration to short, te