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Whistler, British Columbia
It was another boiling hot day. Before leaving Sun Peaks we had a drive round and looked at the village. We went down to the centre where the ski lifts are and saw the bike trails and golf driving range. We walked up through the pedestrian area and had a pizza slice to fill a gap before leaving. Back on the road to Kamloops we saw a couple of squirrels cross the road< but that was the end of wildlife sightings. Past Kamloops we started on the long journey to W...
Sun Peaks, British Columbia
By the time we had packed up and taken lots of photographs it was a bit later than we had intended. Our first stop on the road was at the town of Golden. We had a wander round and crossed the river back and forth by the impressive covered, wooden bridge of which the townsfolk are justifiably proud. We joined Canada Day celebrations , wandering through the little stalls in the closed off roads and admiring the collection of classic cars which lined the street. It ...
Yoho National Park Of Canada, British Columbia
We slept well in our cabin overlooking beautiful Emerald Lake. We wandered up to the main lodge for breakfast and an opportunity to use the internet then caught the shuttle down to the car park. We set off down the road and first stop was in the small village of Field for a look round. It took us a good 5 minutes to tour the whole town which is small but has a school, church, shops and all other mod cons. Anything lacking is made up for by the fantastic mountain ...
Yoho National Park Of Canada, British Columbia
After packing up we collected our hire car, a Cherokee Jeep, and set off back towards the Rockies which we could see in the far distance. After passing through the suburbs, and once again passing the ski jump and bobsleigh run from the winter Olympics, we were on the Bow River trail heading west. We passed the Smashed Head …., the cliff where in times gone by the locals used to drive herds of buffalo over the cliff, and we also passed a couple of Indian Res...