Kamloops - Walking by the river

We drove to Kamloops todays, ears popping as we left the ski resort for the day and drove into the valley. Kamloops was the busiest town we have seen since Calgary, although pretty unremarkable. Mostly dominated by bars and some restaurants. Oh yes, and the Dollarama which was a supermarket where everything cost 1 Canadian Dollar or less (less than fifty pence). The store was gigantic and we considered buying some joke souvenirs to send home, but the postage would cost too much. There was a train track cutting the town in half, most of the time we were there we heard the ringing of the crossing. The freight trains here are enormous, anything up to 100 wagons. By pure luck we managed to drive across the crossing without waiting.

It was a lovely sunny day and we enjoyed walking through the park by the River Thompson, which we had driven beside while on the Yellowhead highway between Valemount and Kamloops, watching it grow larger and slower. We have driven about 1500km so far, with a six hour drive to Whistler tomorrow, about another 500km.