Tag: kamloops
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Coast to Coast in a 1941 Dodge
This weekend, Kamloops was host to the 18th Annual “Hot Night in the City” event. Over 350 cars registered and showed up to cover 13 blocks downtown Kamloops. It was amazing. One of the cars that stood out was a sleek blue, 1941 Dodge Model D21S. This car has been lovingly restored by its owners…
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It Sucks To Have Fur When It’s 30 C
I’ve had cats most of my life but never in a climate like this before. Semi-arid dessert is what Joel keeps telling me. I say – freakin’ hot. Willow started to slow up at about 25 degrees. She only moves now when there is food available or she can persuade me to turn the air…
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I Have Not Been Swept Away
The thing about living in Kamloops is that we spend some time every summer sweltering away. It gets to be between 30 and 40 Celsius and my will to actually do something seems to flee. I will say, those temperatures give us lovely sunsets. I have been doing a few things. We went to Nanaimo. It was…
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Flooding Update
One of the news sites was reporting today that the water in the river had actually dropped. Let’s hope that means that it has peaked and things will start to improve for people along the water’s edge. We drove up into the hills today and took a moment to take a picture of the spread…
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There Be Bears Here
I mentioned on here a few days back that our favorite bike trail was closed. There is a mother with two really young cubs. Conservation officers figured they were both under a year old. They were suggesting that people stay away from the path because if the mana has a run-in with us humans she…
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Gettin’ Around
Another bike trip today. This time we went over the north shore and headed up to Lac Du Bois Grasslands. There’s a dirt road that runs into the parkland and it’s pretty nicely gravelled. The only other vehicle we saw was a person sitting in her truck watching birds. Can’t beat that. It was beautiful…
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Checking Out The Flood Situation
All of the bike paths are closed – or at least portions of them are – because of the high water. I thought I would drive out to some of my regular haunts today to take a look. It’s quite shocking to see the differences in the landscape. This was a field a while back…
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The River Is Rising
Joel and I are very fortunate to live at the top of a hill. I might not normally think that but everything seems to be flooding up in our area at the moment. The poor folks over in Sicamous are being evacuated and roads our closed in many directions due to mudslides. Be careful out…
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There’s More In Store For You At the Library Than Books
There’s More In Store For You At the Library Than Books.
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High Waters & Road Rash
We rode 25 km today but the Thompson rivers didn’t make it easy. The park that we usually ride through is almost under water. Half of the arena parking lot is already wet. The water we waided through last week is now much higher. Even though there is tape up everywhere people seem quite fascinated…
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The Further Non-Adventures of Stunt Cat
Willow is taking some time off from being an adventurer. She is now finished her round of antibiotics and we’ve stopped the pain medication. She doesn’t seem to be in pain anymore (as you can tell by the slightly relaxed pose above heh) I have no idea how long it takes to heal a ruptured…
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