A long day...and an end to our trip.

Today's  drive was another long one, although not as long as yesterday's.  Because our hotel didn't offer free breakfast, we traveled to Glen Ellyn and the Honey Cafe, where we had an excellent breakfast - what a charming little area of Illinois!

After breakfast, we drove from suburban Chicago to Port Huron, Michigan, where there's an entry point into Canada.  On the way we stopped every so often for, as I used to call it when I was a transcriptionist, "conventional emergencies."  At most rest stops, there are signs that contain local points of interest.  Nancy, being the person who reads EVERYTHING at museums, would often read the signs while I was taking my time with a "conventional emergency."  She probably knows more about the Michigan-Illinois-Wisconsin-Minnesota area than the natives do!!

Reading a sign on the way to Port Huron

 For some reason, I had it in my head that Port Huron was sort of a dingy place on the way to Canada.  Wrong!!  It's right on the edge of Lake Huron and the Black River.  After we checked in, we had dinner at a lovely spot right on the water - The Quay Street Brewpub.  What a great way to end a long day.

However, our dinner ended abruptly with a phone call from home.  There was a family emergency back in Pennsylvania, and we left the restaurant and cancelled the Canada part of the trip so that we could leave for home early the next morning.

We made it home from Port Huron by 6:30 on Wednesday evening.   Even though we had to cut our trip short, it was a once in a lifetime experience that cemented our already strong friendship.

ENDING MILEAGE: 54677
TOTAL MILEAGE: 2870 MILES