SWIFT CURRENT, SASK. - Todd Holt hit the open road Wednesday and drove five hours through smoky skies and endless fields of golden wheat stalks dancing softly in the wind.
He’s 42 now, but can still vividly picture the start of a similar journey 26 years ago.
With his 16-year-old hopes, dreams and hockey gear packed into the back of his 1980 Pontiac Catalina, he pulled away from the family home in Estevan bound for Swift Current.
“I remember looking in the rear-view mirror at my mom,” he says. “I remember her crying and waving. And looking back, I don’t know if I ever brought that boy back.