To Canada and Back in One Day

Today, that girl and I are driving to tiny and out-of-the way Sweet Grass, Montana on the Canadian border.  Located three hours directly north of us on I-15, Sweet Grass, population 58ish, is not even a real town.  According to Wikipedia, Sweet Grass is a “census-designated place” and an “unincorporated community.”

On the other side of the border from Sweet Grass, six inches away, is Coutts, Alberta, Canada, another non-place.  At Coutts, the interstate takes two crazy turns and becomes Canadian Highway 4.

Other than that, all around for a gazillion miles, is empty Great Plains and squared fields.

The Facebook page for Sweet Grass, when I looked, listed two things to do there. One: attend a community pot luck.  Two: flip a U-turn and go back home.  I am kidding, of course, the pot luck is pretty much the only thing listed.  That will be occurring at 6:00 on Saturday, if you are interested.

Strangely enough, that girl and I have a damned good reason to go to Sweet Grass.  Montana being Montana, the border crossing at lil’ ol’ Sweet Grass is the nearest place we can go to meet with an authorized customs agent to interview and complete the process for acquiring a Global Entry Pass.  Such a pass will expedite our passage through TSA security at all airports.

So that’s it.  Off we go at five-something this morning.  Sweet Grass or bust.

--Mitchell Hegman