Day 1 Juan de Fuca trail

Today we walked from China beach to Bear beach a 10km stretch of the trail. There is a mixture of forest trails and beach hiking.
The trip took us just under 5 hours and we were both shattered when we reached camp. The incoming tide prevented us travelling further so we stopped in the campsite by Rosemond creek. An idyllic spot!

Jenny at start of the trek

The terrain has been hard-going made worse by landslides in places and fallen trees making us divert our path. Our packs are making it harder too; they are very heavy and negotiating steep ground requires a lot of concentration.

Lucy filtering stream water

Our spirits are high and we have a great camp spot for the night so no complaints!
There have been a dozen or so other Trekkers on route and there are three groups camping on the beach this evening including us.