made it to toronto!

Well, I’ve actually been here since Friday night. But ya know. Lots of unpacking going on and no blogging. The last two days of the road trip took us from Fairmont, Minnesota to Benton Harbor, Michigan and then from there on to Toronto.

It was pretty uneventful and there were really no interesting places to stop, which explains the sore lack of pictures from the last two days. Here we are checking out the insect grave on the front of our truck on day 4. Tasty! This was right after Nicholas locked the keys inside the truck and we had to call a garage to come get us unlocked. I figured it was inevitable that we’d either lose the keys or lock ourselves out at some point.

We stopped for some cheese in Wisconsin and then headed for Chicago. Driving through Chicago was awful. I had to drive through the city in rush hour traffic in the worst thunderstorm I’ve ever seen. It was the kind where you have the wipers on full but still can’t see a thing. On top of that, the freeway was under construction and the detour signage sucked. I think we spent two hours in traffic there. It made me more thoroughly anti-car.

Day 5 was border crossing day. I was really nervous that we’d have our truck picked apart and spend the whole day at Canadian Customs unpacking and repacking everything, but it was pleasantly surprising to find that they didn’t even want to open the back to take a peek. We could have stuffed that truck full of contraband! There was even enough room for a Rob in there. We arrived in Toronto at rush hour on Friday and got caught in a bit of traffic but we made it here by early evening.

Overall I had a great time. Driving through the interior heartland of the United States, while boring at times, offered a glimpse into why things are the way they are right now. I do regret the 1300 liters (343 gallons) of gasoline that I burned through on the way over here. To my own credit, I haven’t owned a car for 6 years now so my carbon footprint is still small on average.

Our new house is super cute and I can’t wait to get settled in here. I’ll post some pictures shortly.