Sunday, August 5 – Hearthstone Lodge by Bear, Sun Peaks, near Kamloops BC

We are becoming immune to noisy rattling AC units!  But even though we had such a good sleep, must have needed it.

Sun is out again and we are moving on today.  Need to fine tune the packing – again!

Complimentary breakfast is at the separate Subway on the property, all owned or managed maybe by an Indian family.  We availed ourselves of the ‘free’ brekkie, I think we well and truly paid for it in our NZ$150 for the night.

We drive a little ways to get to Kamloops where we stop to have a look around.  The CBD is pretty quiet being a Sunday but the River Trail Park is not.

Just a short 50 km drive further along off the beaten track we arrive at Sun Peaks Resort town.  It is beautiful and our accommodation at Hearthstone Lodge is superb and all pretty much the same price as the dump we stayed in lasts night.  We have a fireplace, a full kitchen with a fridge, an electric jug to make a cup of tea, real crockery including wine glasses, a tea towel so we can wash and dry our travel mugs!  It’s surprising how much one takes for granted.  We paid the extra to have parking underneath the hotel, and worth it as we do more than one trip to get our stuff up to the room on the 3^rd floor.  We have a view out our ‘opening’ window, looking out onto the Mountain Cross Carts, these gravity powered gokarts get towed up to the top of the hill and the can reach speeds up to 35kms as they weave their way down the hill, a bit like the luge in Rotorua.

Gravity power gokarts

We spend a bit of time in the room getting stuff sorted and them Kim wants to try and download maps for the GPS so I go exploring.  It an awesome holiday spot, not very busy for the long weekend, at least there is room to move around.  The cafes and restaurants start to get busy late afternoon.

Sun Peaks Resort

Cars on the outside, walkiing on the inside

Our home for the night.

We go out for a proper dinner tonight, not a burger, in fave we both have the vienna schnitzel – fitting mountain food.  We sit outside of the verandah in the sun with a cold drink first and its beautiful.

We both go exploring after dinner until the sun eventually sinks below the hills and it gets a bit cooler.