We woke up to a grey day and were leaving for Vancouver at 9am. As ever Safeway was our first stop to buy our picnic lunch. We stopped at Merritt for coffee and Tim Hortons (he seems to be everywhere here along with Starbucks!) Natalie treated me to a Latte as it was the last time we would be traveling together although we hope to meet up over the weekend in the city. During the next part of our long journey it began to rain as if to herald the end of our wonderful trip to the Rockies.
We stopped at Kettle Tunnels, an amazing old railway through rock and over a very dangerous canyon – turquoise rapids far below. As always I was for ever seeking out unusual wild flowers and here are some flowers of some kind of berry, like wild loganberries. 
We had lunch here luckily during a dry period before continuing with two more hours back to the city. Natalie had news on her Ipad of a pod of Orcas in Burrard Inlet in Vancouver. I do hope they wait for me!! We all go our separate ways in Vancouver but hope to meet up for dinner on Saturday in Vancouver.