We were up very early this morning to catch the bus from the hotel to the train station by 7 am. The Rocky Mountaineer is performing in their 35th year and the whole operation has been very smooth and well orchestrated.
We had “checked in” yesterday to confirm we had made it, and not been delayed by any of life’s little worries… like broken sprinkler heads or road raged hit-and-run drivers. As a result they knew which room We had stayed in and had us leave our suitcases in the room, taking only the items we would need while in transit today. After getting on the bus, they had people come and pick up our luggage for us. It would be transported to Kamloops, BC (where we are staying tonight) by truck and waiting for us in our room when we arrived.
Our car featured large windows on each side and above those windows were additional windows that extended our field of vision to mountain tops that would ordinarily be out of view. We had (they estimated) about 50 people in our car and we had a cook and two servers/tour guides that worked our car only and continuously!
Free (spelled prepaid) food, drinks, and snacks were available at any time during the 10 hour journey.
Breakfast started with a scone for everyone, topped with delicious apricot/peach marmalade.
Our exit from Vancouver was by way of tracing the Fraser River eastward, and in doing so we saw several uniquely designed bridges, including this one which pivoted to allow tall ships to pass by.
It seemed that the farther we traveled the closer and taller the mountains were.
I can only show a few of the hundred or so pictures I took for want of space and time to display the spectacle we observed.
This is called Frog Rock. If you use your imagination you can see why.
Tonight, we are staying in Kamloops, on the Thompson River. It will be an even earlier departure tomorrow, so we will leave it at this. Perhaps more to come, as tomorrow we actually begin our ascent into the Rocky Mountains (today was “just” the Cascade Mountains.)
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