We left Kamloops on our way to Vancouver. We passed Kamloops Lake and drove alongside the North Thompson River. The scenery was very different to that which we saw yesterday, beginning with desert like, dry areas.

We spotted Osprey, big horn sheep, several bald eagles on nests, deer and a marmot.

We stopped unexpectedly and were told that the train in front had developed a mechanical fault. It would take an hour to fix.

So we sat back and enjoyed our lunch. The food on the train was excellent.

Eventually we continued on our way, enjoying the ever changing scenery.

We were told by the train manager that we were running 3 hours behind due to the delay and to the fact that we had been travelling at slow speeds behind the other train.

We arrived in Vancouver at 9.30 and at our hotel at 10.00pm. After 13 hours on the train we are very tired!

It was a great trip though. We enjoyed every minute of it. The team who looked after us for the two days were lovely.

Update

We were so tired last night when we arrived that I didn’t quite finish the blog.

The team who looked after our carriage were great. They had worked a 14hour day but were still smiling at the end of it!

We finally arrived at the Rocky Mountaineer station to find our coach waiting to take us to our hotel.

View from our hotel room window on 14th floor.