Kamloops

Saturday 16th June

We got going at a reasonable time and reached the outskirts of Vancouver after about an hour. We are still finding the driving on the right and the signage a bit tricky. A lot of the exits head off over the border to the USA. The weather is misty and drizzly, visibility is poor. 

It is about 355km from Vancouver to Kamloops. We stopped at Merrit for lunch, catching the end of the farmers market. We had a cinnamon pull-apart from a stall selling baked treats by Grandma – she also had perogi and cabbage rolls but we didn’t really have the means to heat them up there properly. Coffee for $1 from another stall (a pretty reasonable filtered coffee, just brewed). 

Scott’s Inn in Kamloops is on the edge of downtown Kamloops. We had a big home-style meal and followed it up with a walk down by the river – the Thompson River is very high. The photo shows historical flood levels (1894 is the high one), but the river is almost at the edge of the banks and has covered part of the walkway.  Kamloops is a railway town – there are historical railway displays and old carriages in the sidings.

Checking out the Thompson River in Kamloops, with historical flood levels on the pillar. The lower one is for 1999.