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Today was already scheduled to be the longest (or close to the longest) on the entire trip, at 617 km from the Holiday Inn Express Regina to the HIX Lethbridge AB, but thanks to a boneheaded error on my part, I made it even longer.
Broadly, this was what we ended up driving, not including rest stops along the way. However, we had a diversion, about which I'll write later.
( Photos Along the Way )
I had too many balls in the air as we left Medicine Hat, and gave Lisa the wrong directions. Instead of taking AB-3, the Crowsnest Highway toward Lethbridge, I told her to continue west on highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway toward Alberta. Wrong! About fifteen minutes later I realized that we were going the wrong way. By the time I figured this out, it was faster to cut across on AB-524 and AB-879 than to backtrack to Medicine Hat.
( Cross-Country Course Correction )
We left Regina SK at 11:20 Central Standard Time and arrived at Lethbridge AB at 19:10 Mountain Daylight Time. I was unaware that Saskatchewan doesn't observe Daylight Time and I consequently got confused when we crossed into Alberta. What should have been a trip of around 620 km turned into 690 km.
Fortunately for us, there is a mini-market next to the hotel, so we got some milk and soda, and Pizza Hut delivered quickly. I still couldn't get a soak in the hot tub, though.
This was our final full day in Canada. Tomorrow we cross back into the USA and head for Kalispell MT via Essex. This trip should be shorter in distance. How long it takes in time remains to be seen.
Broadly, this was what we ended up driving, not including rest stops along the way. However, we had a diversion, about which I'll write later.
( Photos Along the Way )
I had too many balls in the air as we left Medicine Hat, and gave Lisa the wrong directions. Instead of taking AB-3, the Crowsnest Highway toward Lethbridge, I told her to continue west on highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway toward Alberta. Wrong! About fifteen minutes later I realized that we were going the wrong way. By the time I figured this out, it was faster to cut across on AB-524 and AB-879 than to backtrack to Medicine Hat.
( Cross-Country Course Correction )
We left Regina SK at 11:20 Central Standard Time and arrived at Lethbridge AB at 19:10 Mountain Daylight Time. I was unaware that Saskatchewan doesn't observe Daylight Time and I consequently got confused when we crossed into Alberta. What should have been a trip of around 620 km turned into 690 km.
Fortunately for us, there is a mini-market next to the hotel, so we got some milk and soda, and Pizza Hut delivered quickly. I still couldn't get a soak in the hot tub, though.
This was our final full day in Canada. Tomorrow we cross back into the USA and head for Kalispell MT via Essex. This trip should be shorter in distance. How long it takes in time remains to be seen.
