Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

15th June 2012 - leaving Burnaby for Kamloops, BC

We left Burnaby on a sunny morning at 0815.

The road to Kamloops is excellent - there was still snow on the mountains.

Another spectacular snow covered mountain along the way. We noticed that a lot of the trees have been crushed and broken like toothpicks due to avalanches

Passing Portia - the road conditions in winter are obviously quitedifferent . Vehicles require chains.Elevation - around 2000metres.

This beautiful vista greeted us as we approached the township of Kamloops. The Thompson River runs through and cuts Kamloops in 2.  The City Centre of Kamloops sits in a long valley with residences hugging the valley wall like flies in a fish shop.  All shopping and amenities in this place - I was pleasantly surprised at the presence of Walmart. Canada also has their own version - called Canada Super Store. Food prices is comparable to Oz but lamb is almost double the price.

Kamloops RV Park is located 13 miles from the town centre. The South Thompson river is just across the road (and railway) from it. We woke up to very low clouds on the mountains on Saturday.Kamloops is the Tournament City of Canada - there are some lovely golf courses here.

We arrived at 1.30pm at Kamloops and we were out at the Rivershore Golf Course at 3.15pm. The weather forecast for the following days was not good so we decided to take advantage of the sunshine.

Guess who?

The golf course is surrounded by houses - players are responsible for any damages to residences. Golf is not cheap in Canada - this particular course is designed by Robert Trent Jones. 18 holes of golf at twilight time is $47.00 pp plus $18 for a motorised cart. 

17th June 2012 - Kamloops - USA Father's Day

We are conveniently parked next to the BC Wildlife Park so we decided to check it out.

These 2 hanging baskets at the entrance to the Park had the most gorgeous black petunias.

Aren't they magnificent?  The Wildlife Park takes in injured animals and birdlife.

One of 3 very regal Bald Eagles the Park. Caught this shot of the eagle moving his right foot forward-it must have got tired of posing!

 There was a Father's day Walk/run fun raising event on at the Park - we were blessed with sunshine today although the dark clouds were not far away. It was comfortable enough for sandals - temp. was around 20C.

Spotted this little cutie enjoying the day out with her family.

At the Birds of Prey show - a Turkey Vulture takes off. Apparently they barf when they get startled so we stayed real still!

It was quite a windy day and a few of the birds had to battle to land-the turkey vulture on final approach.

This gorgeous Golden Eagle was on its debut - it had one broken wing and will never fly again.  The injury according to the keeper could have been sustained when it flew into electrical wires or perhaps run over by vehicles.

This young bear was out testing his climbing skills-luckily he was behind bars!

A bison with his raggedy coat.

The gamekeeper told us this peacock charges people-we asked him how much.

Well...looks like Mr Bison has another thing on his mind!!

A rather snooty looking owl.

This poor bald eagle has a broken wing and is reduced to trundling on the ground instead of being the magnificent flyer it is.

One of the turkey vultures on show about to take off.

This was the 2nd time this Golden Eagle was performing at the show.