We started our day off with a gorgeously presented breakfast. Well, it was more art than food - showing the sun rising over the mountains of the inlet!

We then set off to explore the lower Sunshine Coast. We started off by driving up the coast to the Halfmoon Bay area which was just beautiful. A lot of the waterfront was taken up with private residences so you couldn’t do much but drive past it and guess how nice it was behind the house and garden.

We went for a nice, fairly short hike at Smugglers Cove Marine Park and marvelled at all the arbutus trees there that had shed their rough bark to reveal the smooth, golden bark beneath.

We then drove up to Egmont, a small settlement with a campsite and a couple of accommodations and yet more gorgeous views.

We went for another hike to see the rapids at Skookumchuck Narrows. We spent about an hour watching the rapids as a group of surf kayakers were riding the tide and it was incredible to watch.

By the time we’d hiked back out and driven back to Sechelt it was late, so we ate some pizza on our balcony then tried out our jacuzzi bath!