We had some extended family visiting last week and decided that a few of us would go camping at Englishman River Falls for a couple days. The park was beautiful and very quiet with lovely hiking trails and a swimming hole. We also drove into Parksville for the day and spent some time looking at the sandcastle from this years competition and enjoyed the park while the kids played at the playground. On the last day we headed into Coombs for lunch and some ice cream before coming home. All in all a great little trip that was only a 40 minute drive from Nanaimo!