I was magically transported back to my childhood as we packed the van and headed down Highway 59 into the good ol' US of A. The only thing missing was my older brother tormenting me in the back seat and my mother threatening both of us that she was about to "turn this car around" and the vacation would be over before it began. But I did always love our family road trips over the border growing up and was excited as my family now departed for our first 3 day driving trek to Sarnia Ontario.
It is so remarkably easy now to plan your route and I am at a loss as to how we use to do this pre- Google. When I first began planning this a few weeks ago, I used Google Maps to plan the easiest and quickest driving route and then evenly distributing this route over three days was able to decide which towns we would be staying in each night. Duluth, Minnesota was a our first over night stay and again using Google I was able to find a decent and cheap hotel with an amazing water park for only $124 CAD (at par) for the night and they allow dogs (as most hotels do down here). The Edgewater Hotel and Waterpark was everything we needed to keep us entertained for an evening. That low nightly rate included entrance to the waterpark, discount coupon for dinner by the pool (pizza) and a lovely continental breakfast the following morning. Duluth is not the prettiest town I've ever passed through but it was pleasant and the people were friendly. Traffic was a bit of a nightmare as it seems every bridge and street we needed to take was under construction and we felt like we were in a maze at time!
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there was a delightful coffee shop directly across from the Edgewater Hotel called Dunns Bros Coffee. Day two began with a delicious Decaf Caramel Machiato to take with me on the road as we head to our next stop, Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Stay tuned for more for road trip adventures!
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