For mother's day, we were going to go on a hike out near Comox, about an hour north of here. On the way there, we stopped at what will probably be the only gear swap of the season on the island (which I think is appalling). We didn't get there right at the opening, so we probably missed the ebst deals, but IO picked up a pretty decent MEC daypack, a sleeping pad, mosquito net, and shirt for $60. I was pretty happy about that.

The road to the trailhead was closed due to logging, so that was pretty fuckin lame. Things are so different on the island when it comes to the backroads. I'm still trying to figure it out. I don't think there's all that many rec site/campgrounds, cuz almost all of the backroads are privately owned. Which means it takes a lot more planning to find out whether a road/trail, is accesible. A dirt bike would be super cool to have here.