Day 4 Monday 27th April Posted at Saskatoon

Day 4. Monday April 27 On board the “Canadian”
After a reasonable night’s sleep I awoke just before 6am to find we were travelling alongside the Fraser River; soon after we stopped at Kamloops North at 6am, on schedule having made up time after the late start. It was a rather dull greyish looking town. At the railway station “The Rocky mountaineer” was parked up. We were about 350m above sea level. The grass is just starting to green up after the winter. Pastures are being irrigated. At ten am we are still following the Fraser? River and I am up to the present time with my blog. First time ever! About two hours later we begin to see the Rocky Mountains. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the mountains are capped with white snow and the forests are green; it is a beautiful day! We stopped for a brief time at Blue River where there is a trading Post Store reputed to be the oldest in British Columbia. Blue River is where people come to go heli-fishing in the backblocks. We are encountering a lot of heavy rail freight traffic which is making the train late. Because of this our stopover in Jasper was shortened. I would have liked to have spent more time there. My watch recorded Jasper’s altitude at just over 1100 metres. I did get time at the rail station to check out wireless internet; I was able to post yesterday’s events. We reboarded at 5pm and sat down to our evening meal shortly after leaving. During the main course the train slowed and our attendant pointed out an Elk with several large swans standing in a shallow lake; shortly after fresh snow started to fall; I have only seen snow fall about 40years ago around Te Anau. The meals on “The Canadian” are first class; I certainly have to be strong willed tomorrow. I am having trouble positioning the pictures within the text, so I will post them together in a separate post.
I am sitting on the platform at Saskatoon in the freezing cold fine day postin this post at 9am