An early start again and as the train was delayed a bit the buses took us to a spot overlooking Kamloops where we saw the sun come up which was really nice. On to the train and we set off for Banff. More good food and wine and the scenery just got better as we went along. Amazing rocky mountain ranges and water an amazing pale aqua colour. One of the best parts of this type of travel (and traveling alone) is that you get to talk to all kinds of people. I had some...

Well the morning started early but slow as the Rocky Mountaineer train to load several bus loads on board. Always interesting listening to the whiners - it doesn't help anyone so it's better to just shrug your shoulders and deal with it. So onto the train where I was seated next to a lovely woman from Toronto who became my companion for the next two days - how wonderful we got on so well and chose to eat our meals together etc. The food was very good and we coul...