Face to face with a cougar

We drove to the town of Sooke, west of Victoria, and stopped at the visitor's centre. They had a great little museum there too, which we enjoyed. Around one corner we came face to face with this cougar!
Later we rode our bikes on a different section of the Galloping Goose trail, up to the Sooke potholes - natural pools at the base of waterfalls. Too bad it was too cool for swimming...

You know you're in a temperate rain forest when you find a big banana slug on the side of your tent!