Besides being sick with the average Saskatchewan March sickness life is looking up! My fiance - Joel - may have a in Frontier, Sask. As some of my readers may know I am from what I would consider "south Sask" but nothing could prepare me of the area that we will be living in - way way way down south.
Frontier is a small community found 37 minutes from the US border. It's landscape is a flat prairie in the center of rolling hills extending from the Frenchman River. I find it ironic that the town is found in what most people would consider the "middle of no where" but really is found in the "middle" of everywhere. Frontier is two hours away from Swift Current (the closest Saskatchewan city), Medicine Hat (closest Alberta city) and Hammond? something like that (the closest American city). Two hours is not that far of a stretch. It is enough to claim the small town wonders that only living in a remote area can offer, but close enough that the nearest Walmart trip is within half a day's drive. I also find it ironic that in small towns it is a common saying that the school is the center of the town, but literally in Frontier, the school is in the center of the town. The school is well kept up and looks bright and cheerful. Center Ave is bustling with activity. The tavern is filled with smiling faces looking for yummy meal, the grocery store worker helps an elderly lady carry out her groceries, and credit union stands at the end of Central Ave in a new building and a brightly light up sign sporting a butterfly. Despite this hometown attitude, the boarded up windows of houses where sideways have yet to be shoveled all winter still line the streets of Frontier. Small towns in Saskatchewan are dying, there is no denying it, but it is through memories and the small town attitudes that they will continue to live on forever.
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