Day 12

Today my friend Red and I explored Kamloops. Kamloops, or rather the Okanagan Valley, is a semi-desert, or psedo-desert or almost-desert. I'm not 100% sure what the correct terminology is. Whatever it is, Kamloops surrounded by hills which are full of shrubs and a few scraggly trees and paths to walk on. Its very different from the Rockies, but it is quite beautiful none-the-less.

Kamloops from one of the surrounding hills.

We walked among the hills for a while, then went down to the river and walked along it for a while. The river isn't quite as clean as the glacier ones in the mountains, but right now its about that cold. I'm told there are sturgeon in there, and in the fall a major sockeye salmon run goes through it.

The river will rise 2 to 3 meters still

Just a train... nbd

We spent a majority of the afternoon relaxing as I caught up on blog posts while watching TV (I apologize if it seemed a little dis-jointed), after which I went with Red's sister and mother and dropped her off at work. I ate dinner with her family, then joined them on the family grocery shopping trip. On the way Mr. Red gave me a brief driving tour of Kamloops, telling me some of the history and geography of the area. Even the trip to Costco was fun: it felt like I was back at home with my family.

Tomorrow I am on my way to Vancouver! After almost two weeks of looking around the country, I'm going to have to start looking for both a job and a place to live. The idea is to sublet from a student for the summer, so that can get a general idea of Vancouver life before I sign a lease and legit settle down for an extended period of time. As for jobs? I want to apply everywhere, and take what I get, re-evaluate how much I'm liking it, then possibly spend more time looking for a more permanent job.

Happy 4/20 to all, and to all a good night.