August 10, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
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A favourite drive of mine is from Kamloops to Barriere along the less travelled Westsyde Road where remnants of the disatrous forest fires of 2003 are very visible. The trees are blackened and skeletal but the rebirth of the land is clear. Grass is vibrant green wildflowers abound and new forest growth is already apparent.
Rick,
Kamloops, BC
July 14, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
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The newest addition to our Riverside Park is a lifesized bronze bull. Its perfect for riding and having your picture taken.
February 22, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
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On our way to Kamloops (from Vancouver) we snapped this photo of the mountains abd the beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds.
August 16, 2006 | Tips from Us >
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On my journey this last weekend I experienced utopia down the stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway (good ole #1), between
Kamloops and
Chase. I had Johnny Cash blaring in my ears and warm wind streaking through my hair, which was still wet from swimming in the North
Shuswap Lake, but drying fast. I was a happy traveller and doing just fine. So fine in fact, I wanted to share it with you.
At this point on the road, the highway runs along the South Thompson river at the bottom point in the “V” between two cowboy-country mini-mountain ranges, with the meandering river splitting the valley in two. Train tracks run sandwiched between the riverbank and the roaring sound of motorcycles, RVs, and pick-up trucks pulling speedboats and dirtbikes. The hills on the highway side are covered in Ponderosa Pine, with green agricultural lands butting up against where the needles start. I drove by roadside fruitstands, rodeos and golf courses. On the other side of the river I could see eroding cliffs of dusty earth, farmhouses, cows, horses and riverfront mansions. I would have liked to transform the highway into a dirt path and ride horseback. Or perhaps just float along the river on a log raft or inner tube!
As Cash’s rail-driving song, Legend of John Henry’s Hammer, was hammering away in my ears a long train passed by (or perhaps I zoomed by the train). Perfect timing! Sunny day, good music, and a perfect one-hour drive down a road meant for driving.
June 30, 2006 | Tips from Us >
Kamloops, Sightseeing Tours
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Did you know
Kamloops has a
Ginseng Spa? Did you know that within 10 minutes of hopping on a
scooter downtown you can be sightseeing the ranchlands along Hwy 5A? How about coming face to face with a Grizzly Bear cub at the
BC Wildlife Park? Then there is the phenomenal
Kamloops Art Gallery that is currently showing a 20th century Chinese Art exhibit in addition to their impressive permanent displays. Did you know you can step on a
heritage steam railway and take a ride in open air or sit in the 1954 dining car sipping a cold drink in one of the swivel chairs? Ever heard of the
Bike Ranch? It is a new mountain biking park created by the City of Kamloops and offers some pretty heart-pumping terrain with incredible views! Then there is the horseback riding through pine forests, again, only about 10-15 minutes from downtown. There are so many new things being offered in this city for visitors such as the new 90-minute historical walking tour of downtown by
Tour With Us. Ray was our guide and in addition to being a wealth of information, he has the most contagious laugh! Iâ??ve never had so much fun learning history. This gave me confidence to check out the
Kamloops Museum and their â??The Wonderful Writing Machineâ? exhibit where I witnessed kids playing on vintage typewriters â?? something they had never seen or used before! I think they were as surprised to find these archaic machines as I was to discover all the hidden gems this city has to offer. Kamloops really is full of surprises!