‘It’s Going to Be Crazy’: Snowbirds at Campground Eager for U.S. Border Reopening

Two years of captivity have Canadian snowbirds anxiously waiting in their RV's near the U.S. border to head south for the winter, in Milk River, Alta., on Nov. 4, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

MILK RIVER, Alta.—Nearly two years of being caged in Canada during the COVID−19 pandemic has some snowbirds anxiously waiting in their motorhomes and trailers in southern Alberta.

The Eight Flags Campground in the small windswept town of Milk River, 18 kilometres from the Canada−United States border crossing at Coutts, is full of shiny, large RVs.