Family Time in Kamloops

     Hi all!  We left Mission on Sunday the 13th which was Mother's Day.  First stop was in Kamloops of course to see Tanya, Dean and Keaton.  Kamloops claims to be the Tournament Capital of Canada, holding many different types of tournaments there from golf, volleyball, tennis and the list goes on.  They have a fabulous facility (where Keaton just happens to take his swimming lessons) for holding some of these tournaments in.  But what Kamloops could improve on, is nice RV campgrounds.  People coming to the tournaments need places to stay other then hotels??  Yeah!!!  In our previous trips to the Loops, we stayed in the RV park near the Game Farm, but it is almost 30 minutes to Tanya and Dean's house (which isn't a big deal????)  I have probably described it in different blogs so won't go into detail about that particular park.  This time we booked into Silver Sage RV Park, which is almost downtown.  It is on the North Thompson River, which as all rivers in the Province is rapidly rising.  The sites are small, with only electric and water hookups.  They do have a very nice shower area, which is clean and doesn't cost anything to use.  But we like our own facilities, which is why we have an RV to begin with.  There is laundry facilities which I didn't bother to check out because I didn't need that service right now. There is no playground area for those travelling with small kids......or those who may have small children visiting.  There is a nice sandy beach, but as the water was fairly high and the beach is slanted, it was not useful to us with little Keaton.  He might have had a fall and rolled down into the river, which would have been very scary for all of us.  Kamloops needs to put in a decent RV Park that caters to tourists.  Put in a nice pool because it gets so hot that it would be great to cool off at the end of the day in something cooler.

     When we arrived at Tanya's, Keaton was just waking from a nap.  So of course I went and brought him out of his room.  As soon as he saw me at the door, he said "Nana,,,,Papa".  But it really was not me that he wanted to see.  He almost jumped out of my arms when he saw Ray.  He had to sit between him and Gramma Kathy and hold their hands.  Kissing his Papa on the arm. Ray had to play trucks and read stories to Keaton while sitting on his little sofa.

It was like, I wasn't there.....lol.  I know he loves me too..  I did get to bathe him and put him down for his naps,,,,I guess that counts for some love.

Oh well,,,,he did eventually warm up to me as well.  I had a great Mother's Day, spending it with my beautiful daughter, Tanya and her family (including mother-in-law Kathy).  Dean cooked burgers on the Bar-b and salads and we all just hung out in the back yard, playing with Keaton and Cooper.   Perfect Mother's Day as far as I am concerned!

     On Monday Tanya took us on a drive up to Paul Lake and Pinitan Lake.  The terrain is so different then in Kamloops.  No sage brush, but more like the Salmon Arm area with lots of coniferous trees and so many rolling green fields.  I absolutely love Salmon Arm!!!  Tanya has a friend who lives out in Pinitan Lake and I can see why she loves it so much.   We saw this cool old International truck with blackberries and weeds growing out of it!  Had to take a photo!  While I was taking this photo an ant crawled onto Tanya and didn't realize until we drove away.  She almost drove us off the road screaming!  It was pretty comical.

     We spent two nights in Kamloops.  Tanya and Keaton came for breakfast before we left on Tuesday morning.  We introduced Tanya to avocado toast.  I think she might be as hooked on it as we are!!  We said out good-byes about 9:30 and we headed east.

One more shot of my little Stinker hanging out in the RV... Love him so much!

     As this was a few days of family time,,,,Ray was well behaved with nothing of note to add.  But tomorrow's blog about our trip to Golden may prove a bit more entertaining.  I will leave you all with this gorgeous shot of the mountains in Rogers Pass.

Tomorrow's topic?  What is with the brooms????

Lori and Ray