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lol short drive is more like 5 minutes dude.
5-hour drives can be long and interminable, or gorgeous and somehow fly by. The first 3/4 of the drive to Calgary are of the second type. The last hour is a bit boring, but not awful.

Most people who think a 5-hour drive is long think nothing of sitting in traffic for 4 hours a day, getting to and from work. (Does not necessarily apply to you)

Perspective.

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I would rather spend 3 or 4 hours driving, than sit in a movie theater for 2 to 2.5 hours, but I get that I'm not everybody. That's cool, but if you are like me, and love time behind the wheel, then this is an amazing spot.

*Elk picture is not actually on this highway. I see similar elk herds on this highway on most trips, but don't have my pictures with me.
 
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5-hour drives can be long and interminable, or gorgeous and somehow fly by. The first 3/4 of the drive to Calgary are of the second type. The last hour is a bit boring, but not awful.

Most people who think a 5-hour drive is long think nothing of sitting in traffic for 4 hours a day, getting to and from work. (Does not necessarily apply to you)

Perspective.

gallery-banner-cropped.jpg

CTI-bottom-banner-crop.jpg


1dba76981f71ccaae847349eaeab97e9.jpg

ne.jpg

elk2.jpg

Lundbreck_Falls_-_August_2010_-_panoramio.jpg



I would rather spend 3 or 4 hours driving, than sit in a movie theater for 2 to 2.5 hours, but I get that I'm not everybody. That's cool, but if you are like me, and love time behind the wheel, then this is an amazing spot.

*Elk picture is not actually on this highway. I see similar elk herds on this highway on most trips, but don't have my pictures with me.
What kind of car do you drive for these long drives? 3 hrs is my limit. Back starts to hurt sitting longer than that. Also 5 hrs there and 5 hrs back in day is grueling.
 
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What kind of car do you drive for these long drives? 3 hrs is my limit. Back starts to hurt sitting longer than that. Also 5 hrs there and 5 hrs back in day is grueling.

Get an ix or something like that
massaging seats and it basically drives itself
 
What kind of car do you drive for these long drives? 3 hrs is my limit. Back starts to hurt sitting longer than that. Also 5 hrs there and 5 hrs back in day is grueling.

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2011 F350 Lariat.

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2023 Audi S5 Cabrio (with a few mods). I prefer this one for driving longer distances in Montana because I can get 20 mpg at 105-110 mph depending on the DA.

A car that fits your body makes all the difference. I hate driving 3 hours in my wife's car, but thought nothing of 5 hours there, and 5 hours back in the same day, when I was driving my F350 to Canada. I did it 6 to 10 times per year.
 
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