Kamloops, Canada Travel Blogs

"All Aboard!" I'm sold on this train trip!
Apr 26, 2007 (8 photos)

... drizzly and foggy, obscuring the best of the views as we travelled through the Fraser River valley and Kicking Horse Pass to Kamloops. We are all on wildlife duty, with some enthusiastically calling more than others. "Eagle at three o'clock!" "Cows on the ...

Kamloops
Oct 10, 2005 (5 photos)

... the tourists in - we've heard it's good for skiing!!! We stayed in the old Court House, built in 1909 (that's old for Kamloops!!!), we were sleeping in the Justice of the Peace room, and we got to shower in the old jail cells, and eat our dinner in the ...

Heading the Alaska !
Jul 22, 2011 (1 photos)

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...

Canada
Jul 20, 2007 (2 photos)

Today, we drove to Kamloops to meet up with Kylye, Brian & N8 for a Canadian experience!  ok, so far, it rained everyday since arriving in Seattle & we are told that the forecast for the week-end if not much different... Our drive took us ...

Hoodapus Trip Begins
Oct 3, 2008

... by the river beneath the lush peaks, taking photos and generally relaxing, was lovely! We then took the Trans - Canada Highway to Kamloops, traveling through the Fraser Canyon, which displayed impressive geology and lush vegetation! As we got nearer to ...

What a trip home!
Nov 30, 2006 (3 photos)

... bag and get it sent to Kamloops separately because i was going to miss the plane. I got it organized to be sent to Kamloops and i left the arrivals enroute to domestic departures. I get to Domestic and find out they just cut off check in, i missed the ...

A journey of contrasts - Whistler to Kamloops
Oct 12, 2008 (9 photos)

... today for the scenery, they'll remember for their shopping conquests. We stopped at Pinegrove Campground, just a little North of Kamloops, for the evening.  It's a tranquil place to rest nestled among the Pine trees, a very fitting end to the ...

Rocky Mountaineer train
Aug 27, 2008 (9 photos)

... ; We went Gold Leaf and it was worth the magnificent view from the carriage, the food was magnificent.  That evening in Kamloops we went to the optional dinner show Two River Junction Musical Revue, it was pretty corny Michelle wasn't fussed with it ...

Lost Luggage
Jan 1, 2009

Hey People I made it home safe minus my luggage which got lost somewhere between Tel-Aviv and Toronto, I have my suspicions that the Hamas made have stolen it and sold my Turkish carpets in order to finance their war effort against the Israelis but who ...

The Long Drive
Jun 5, 2009 (1 photos)

Today we drove from Jasper to Kamloops. The drive was interesting, the most important thing we saw today was a BEAR!!!! (photo to come later) anyway after our long drive we made it to Kamloops, we didn't really enter the town we stayed at  ...

Preparation
Oct 2, 2006 (1 photos)

... to about this trip, its a volunteer project put on by the Third World Eye Care Society who is an organization based in Canada who travel to third world countries where the people cannot afford or have access to regular eye care and provide them with a ...

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Day 14 - Jasper to Kamloops
Sep 3, 2008 (15 photos)

Gosh it was cold last night - we think there was a frost (at least there was one inside the RV, even if not outside or perhaps that was just our imagination).  The kettle boiling for the first cuppa soon warmed things up and we decided to get ...

Day Three Start Rocky Mountaineer Train to Kaml
Jun 11, 2009 (2 photos)

Day 3 Rocky Mountaineer Train to Kamloops Please click Titles under photo's or video's Then click start arrow, bottom left of screen for video's Allow time for video to load

Vancouver and Kamloops
Jun 24, 2001

... off to bed, very grateful to have couple of such wonderful folks to look out for me on my return. - Su - June 25 Burnaby - Kamloops - Up at the crack of dawn West coast time but fairly well rested and not jet lagged. Thanks be to the pilot with the ...

The Canadian Rockies & our return to the coast
Aug 19, 2008 (7 photos)

... the 6000ft height they grow at, we were lucky to have visited in August when they were at their very best.   Kamloops (British Columbia) In comparison to the rest of the countryside we have driven through, Kamloops is very dry, the climate is more ...

MY HOME AND NATIVE LAND
Dec 21, 2005

... was not without it's hassles. My flights were delayed right through and I missed connecting flights including the last leg to Kamloops. However, it worked out as I was able to stay over in Vancouver with Shelaigh and Fauve and see Fauve's Christmas play ...

Getting underway
Mar 14, 2006 (1 photos)

If I ever suggest I will pack up house and store things for a year, for heavens sake tell me to give my head a shake. It's done at last; however, I could not have done it without my wonderful friends Linda and Ron urging me on and offering their own time ...

Kamloops im Rausch
Nov 5, 2009

... War aber trotzdem lustig. Vor allem wollte er uns "original bayerisches" Bier andrehen, dass in Kelowna, zwei Std entfernt von Kamloops, gebraut wird. Dass wir aus Bayern kamen, hat ihn dann ein bisschen aus der Bahn geworfen und das "original bayerische" ...

We found the summer in Kamloops!
Jul 30, 2008 (10 photos)

... at the Ministry office AND the BCCF office had already heard about it.  It was a little frustrating that everyone in Kamloops will probably remember us only as the ones who went on Pinantan with a gas motor. The following days were much less ...

DAWSON CREEK TO PRINCE GEORGE TO KAMLOOPS
Jul 26, 2009 (5 photos)

... , with hot, dry summers and cold, dry winters."  Guess that explains the sweat rolling down our necks.  We're camped in Kamloops, just a few miles east on Hwy 1 and not listed in the Milepost, as we're officially off the route.  I'll have to ...

Kamloops
May 30, 2007

On the 29th we did the long drive along the Trans-Canada Highway to Kamloops where we stayed overnight.

Getting Ready to Go . . .
May 7, 2005 (2 photos)

Three days to go, and I'm getting a little worried... haven't started packing yet! We are going for a whole month with only one backpack each! How will I fit my snorkel and flippers in?

1 more day to go...
May 9, 2005 (1 photos)

Well, we're down to the wire now. Anything we forgot to pack is staying home! We leave tomorrow morning, drive to Kelowna, fly to L.A., and on to Auckland and Melbourne. It should take about 36 hours total travel time...Yikes!!!

Leaving Home
Sep 15, 2005

September 15, 2005 It was a long and tiring trip from Kamloops to Suriname. In Vancouver, I had a 5 hour lay over. However, I was able to spend several hours with Shelaigh, which was great. Boarding for the Toronto flight I met up with Sherilyn, one of ...

Time to Go
May 9, 2005

Today started off good, nice drive to Kelowna, good flight to Seattle, then our flight to Los Angeles was delayed, then delayed again, and again, and again, and again. Finally made it to Los Angeles but the 7 hour wait we were supposed to have there ...

Fazal and me
May 23, 2009

I had a quick meeting with Fazal.  He wanted to make sure I was a legitimate writer.  I respected his concern and eagerness to talk one on one.  I got to ask him, a 25-year vet of VIA Rail why he did what he did.  For him he said it was about the balance of ...

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Jun 24, 2008 (48 photos)

... a bit of baseball catch while we ate lunch at a picnic table with one eye open for bears.  We arrived in Kamloops and Samantha and I had a chance to meet our hosts, Ernie and Debbie.  I cooked dinner and we enjoyed some wine and a ...

Kamloops - a place with happy memories
Jun 7, 2009 (23 photos)

... resort by road from Vancouver, BC (4.25 hours) and Seattle, WA (5.5 hours), thanks to the Coquihalla Highway, connecting Hope to Kamloops. A lovely drive up there in Rand's smooth quiet new car and we arrived in what is like a different world.  A ...

The start of the Moose tour
Sep 29, 2008

... it was nice to have some spicy food after so long! We drove along the Fraser Canyon and saw some great scenary. We stopped at Kamloops where we stopped at the liquor store and I got some Canadian wine which was nice with tea. We had driven 600km to get ...