Monday, July 27, 2009

Kamloops


















Kamloops, BC, was the largest metropolitan area we have visited. The terrain in that part of British Columbia is high desert and very rugged. The city is very modern and Suzy even got a haircut. As we traveled through Cache Creek,BC, we had to choose Kamloops or Kelowna. Suzy just said Kamloops, and we were very glad we did. The day after we arrived in Kamloops they were evacuating Kelowna and the Okanagan lake area because of 3 out of control forest fires. The highways were closed, and we figure we would have been evacuated right after arriving. As a result we enjoyed our brief stay in Kamloops. Suzy got a trailride in through Erin Valley. Just her and the guide Devin. Her short little paint, Elisha, was full of life and energy, but very well behaved. The terrain was pretty rugged and we zig zagged up the mountain and had to detour often because of heavy trees blown across the trail on numerous occasions. We had come through a big rain, hail and windostorm just before we reached Kamloops. It was great fun, because we broke some new trails to detour, had to dismount once because of a huge tree along a cliff edge and got to trot and lope. The view from the summit showed two valleys and from the return road we could look up at the summit and ridge we had just circled(last photo). (PS don't ask why there are 3 of the same picture; I'll figure this out soon.)

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