It Took 11 Years to Go There, Now I Can't Stay Away

Every once in a while, when our kids have a “break” at school or an extended weekend, we get a chance to take a break ourselves.

It may not be common knowledge, but a trip across the northern border has become one of my family’s favorite things to do.

If you follow the speed limit, it takes about the same time to reach Medicine Hat, Alberta as it does Billings, maybe 15 minutes more.

In the Easter of 2023, we took a trip to Swift Current, Saskatchewan. That trip ended with us driving to Medicine Hat, due to the Morgan–Monchy Border Crossing being closed on the weekends, at the time.

In reachin...