Day 1: 14-June-2011 (Michelle)
We got a late start today.
10:00 - Went with Cassi to her wedding dress appointment… just to find out the appointment was not until tomorrow. L
1:15 - Took Breah to see the plastic surgeon to get her stitches out. He couldn't find both ends either (I took her to our family DR. on Sat. to get them out and he told us to go to the plastic surgeon because he couldn't find both ends of the big long stitch. He didn't want to dig around for it, and we were Ok with that!)
3:30 - Finally leaving!! We had to make a couple of stops on the way out of town… At Kelli's to drop off the Girl Guide cookie money, and CAA to pick up our medical insurance.
4:15 - Well we've made it to highway 115. We even got past 3 exits before Brian had to pull off and hollar at the kids to quit fooling around and fighting.
7:15 - Stopped for dinner (Ron's Place) and gas (and that all important coffee for Brian) close to Cambridge, ON. Gas ~ 44.057 L @ 1.302 /L = $57.36
10:00 - At the Border. Got through with no issues…
10:45 (Brian) - Pulled off at Halls Road just south of Chesterfield, Michigan. We chose this location 'cus it has a WalMart Super Center right at the exit and we want to get a prepaid cell phone for this trip. Drove around for a bit looking for a cheap motel (The Red Roof Inn was top on our list L) but since we couldn't find one we decided to go back towards the highway… Was looking for a Comfort Inn that our GPS software located but it turns out it's now called ConCorde Inn (44315 Gratiot Ave. Clinton Twp. MI.). $89 a night got us 2 queen beds and a roll away cot for Caelan. In my (Brian's) opinion a better room than when I stayed at the Sherridan in down town Toronto when I was on training in March. That one was $250 a night…
12:30 (Brian) - Ready for bed. An odd way for us to start a vacation… so far, so good… Priority tomorrow is to get a cell phone - US prepaid cells and plans are so much cheaper than Canadian roaming – especially at $10 a meg for data roaming… I think that's called Daylight Robery?
