Day 25: Travel
Today was another travel day for us, as we have completed the Eastern part of our journey. Last night, following the Blue Jays game, we drove until we got to the border at Port Huron, MI and stayed at a Best Western. We woke up at 8:00am EST this morning, and watched a bit of Wimbledon, before getting on the road.
The drive to St. Louis was about 600 miles, and our only delay was about 45 minutes worth of traffic that we got caught in around Chicago. After that, it was smooth driving down I-55 until we made our way to Ben's house where we now have our only stretch of 2 consecutive days without seeing a game. It is probably a good thing, since the next 8 days will be the most grueling of the trip, making our way to Texas and then out West.
We stopped for lunch at Taco Bell, our 2nd appearance at the Mexican fast food chain. The service was pretty slow, however the tacos and bean burritos were excellent, and cheap as usual. The best part of the day though was the spaghetti dinner that was waiting for us, prepared by Mrs. Pauluhn. It was absolutely delicious!
We then had a few members of Ben's family stop by and make sure the trip was going well. Ben's Uncle Mike, who is a truck driver, answered many of our questions about life on the road, and we now feel even better prepared for the next 10,000 miles of the trip.
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 26,409
2-miles traveled today: 629
3-miles traveled total: 9,766
4-states traveled in today: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
bonus stat: Taco Bell is currently running a special where you can get any combination of 10 hard/soft shell tacos or bean burritos for $7.90. The regular price for each item is only $0.79. Heck of a deal.
*All pictures and information is now completely up to date!
The drive to St. Louis was about 600 miles, and our only delay was about 45 minutes worth of traffic that we got caught in around Chicago. After that, it was smooth driving down I-55 until we made our way to Ben's house where we now have our only stretch of 2 consecutive days without seeing a game. It is probably a good thing, since the next 8 days will be the most grueling of the trip, making our way to Texas and then out West.
We stopped for lunch at Taco Bell, our 2nd appearance at the Mexican fast food chain. The service was pretty slow, however the tacos and bean burritos were excellent, and cheap as usual. The best part of the day though was the spaghetti dinner that was waiting for us, prepared by Mrs. Pauluhn. It was absolutely delicious!
We then had a few members of Ben's family stop by and make sure the trip was going well. Ben's Uncle Mike, who is a truck driver, answered many of our questions about life on the road, and we now feel even better prepared for the next 10,000 miles of the trip.
Here are the statistical updates:
1-end of day odometer: 26,409
2-miles traveled today: 629
3-miles traveled total: 9,766
4-states traveled in today: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
bonus stat: Taco Bell is currently running a special where you can get any combination of 10 hard/soft shell tacos or bean burritos for $7.90. The regular price for each item is only $0.79. Heck of a deal.
*All pictures and information is now completely up to date!
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