Making our way to Vancouver – Kamloops, Hope and avoiding Rambo

After the luxurious accommodation which Stewart booked us into in Salmon Arm, I decided we needed a reality check and booked the next night’s accommodation in Kamloops from the other end of the market. We were a bit confused when Google told us it was next to the 4 lane highway and assumed that it had got it slightly wrong. Unfortunately not! But hey, it … Continue reading Making our way to Vancouver – Kamloops, Hope and avoiding Rambo

Emma and StewartNovember 5, 2014March 25, 2016Leave a comment

Rest of Canada, Southern BC road trip

Run salmon run

When researching the best way to get from Banff to Vancouver we discovered the salmon run. Every October you can see lots of red sockeye salmon returning to their place of birth, to spawn and die. It just so happened that 2014 is a dominant year so millions of salmon are expected to make the journey. As a comparison, had we come in 2016 (a … Continue reading Run salmon run

Emma and StewartOctober 29, 2014March 25, 20161 Comment

Rest of Canada, Southern BC road trip

Salmon Arm and a dislike for tea and coffee

After our adventure in the clouds and rainforest of Mount Revelstoke National Park, we drove to Salmon Arm for that evening’s accommodation. Salmon Arm is a small ‘city’ on the shores of the Shuswap Lake. The lake and surrounding rivers are known for the annual migration of spawning salmon every October. The prevalence of salmon here is where the name Salmon Arm originates, given that … Continue reading Salmon Arm and a dislike for tea and coffee

Emma and StewartOctober 27, 2014March 25, 20164 Comments

Rest of Canada, Southern BC road trip

Mount Revelstoke National Park

Now in British Columbia, our time in the town of Revelstoke and the adjacent Mount Revelstoke National Park started in fog and rain! However, with waffles for breakfast at our hotel, it wasn’t all bad! Revelstoke is one of those classic towns – clearly only there because it grew up around the railway industry. In fact, carrying on from the train theme from previous blog … Continue reading Mount Revelstoke National Park

Emma and StewartOctober 23, 2014March 25, 20163 Comments

Rest of Canada, Southern BC road trip, The Rockies

Yoho National Park (and Glacier National Park)

After our visit to Banff, we began to journey west towards Vancouver. Our first port of call on the way was Yoho National Park, which borders Jasper and Banff National Parks to the west. Yoho features much of the same landscape as Jasper and Banff, but probably doesn’t receive quite the same acclaim given the lack of a major settlement, thus making it a bit … Continue reading Yoho National Park (and Glacier National Park)

Emma and StewartOctober 21, 2014March 25, 20162 Comments