Blogs from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 3

Spent Thursday night in Williams Lake - only 3 hours away from Kamloops!!! Got into Kamloops just after lunch and stayed in Knutsford at a campground we have stayed at before. It is like the oasis in the middle of the desert. Lots of tress and green grass and a stream running through it. Had a great visit with Ken's cousin and will visit with our other friends tomorrow and then off the Kelowna for some vineyard touring on Sunday. Went to Music in the Park on Saturday night - something Kamloops has been doing for years. Every night from 7-8:30 they have free concerts down by the river. Listened to a great blues band. Took my friend Darlene with us on Sunday to Kelowna. She lives in Kamloops but has never been there to tour ... read more

The Christmas vacation is now a memory and we have entered the second phase of our Kamloops adventure; the run up to Spring Break. Not that we gauge everything by school holidays, but it does give me some reference points for the blog. It was pointed out to me during our Pender visit that I had not published lately. So here goes. The north side of the South Thompson River In our trips back and forth between Alberta and Victoria we had driven along the south side of the South Thompson River many times. We had seen the formations in the hills and thought they looked “nice” but we didn’t appreciate what was there until we took the road that parallels the river on the north side from Kamloops to Chase. It seemed like a different ... read more

I am writing this on Monday night having just returned to my hotel in Kamloops after dinner. Kamloops is the overnight stop for the Rocky Mountaineer train from Vancouver to Banff. Despite not doing much, it’s been a pretty tiring couple of days. The flight from Sydney went fine. I was quite impressed with Virgin Australia’s international service. The staff were really good and very friendly. I was also lucky enough to score a seat behind the “bulkhead” as they call it. The downside, of course, is that’s where they put people who have a baby with them so they can put a bassinet on the wall. On the plus side, you get extra leg room but without the responsibility that comes with having an exit row seat. Of course there was a baby, but she ... read more

05.08.2012 Die letzte Nacht war was die Schlafmenge angeht wohl die schlechteste Gegen 2:00 Uhr fingen unsere Zimmernachbarn an sich wie in einem Pub zu benehmen, so daß wir alle wach wurden. Da es nach etwa 30 Minuten keines wegs besser wurde, beschwerte ich mich telefonisch bei der Hotelrezeption. Dies bewirkte, das für kurze Zeit der Lärm etwas zurück ging und erst geschätzt gegen 4:00 Uhr aufhörte. So waren wir als uns das Handy um 6:45 Uhr weckte absolut ausgeschlafen. Nach kurzen Disput mit U. über den passenden Zeitpunkt des Lesens von Büchern waren die Koffer dann schnell gepackt und Frühstück gab es auch noch und wir konnten fast wie geplant das Hotel verlassen. Kamen auch ohne jede Verzögerung zur Fähre. Hat zeitlich alles wunderbar geklappt. Bei bestem Wetter kam die Fähre auch wie geplant los ... read more

This post will mainly be about photographs, We had a very special Christmas at Derek's parent's house, with his parents Rick and Janet, and with Derek's friend (and now ours) Tom & of course Derek & the dog Jofus. Christmas eve the boys went snowboarding & skiing whilst Kari stayed indoors with Rick & Janet learning to play crib as she had the flu pretty bad and wanted to be better for Christmas day. Unfortunately on this day Tom had a fall and tore some ligaments off his shoulder & Derek 'landed' a large jump which caused some heel damage, so after a quick visit to the hospital followed by the pub they returned home. Christmas day was an amazing feast of Turkey with a mince meat & breadcrumb stuffing :) ... read more