We decided today that we were going to try to make in all the way to Rochester. We got off to an early start and had high hopes. We drove all the way up into Michigan. It was an amazing drive. During some parts we were right on the water with the sun shining and the water lapping up onto the shore. Most of the drive was through the middle of no-wheres-ville. We did go over a pretty impressive bridge which Jacob got a kick out of.
The only real excitement of the day happened around Indian Springs, Michigan. We stopped at a gas station to fill up. The pump said we had put 14.5 gallons of gas in the tank. Only when we turned the car back on, the gas gauge still read that we only had a quarter of a tank of gas left. David and I just chalked it up to the gas gauge suddenly breaking and headed out on the road. But, when we start driving the gas gauge kept going down. Then about 6o miles down the road our gas light goes on! We needed to pull over to change Jacob so we stopped at the next station. (Otherwise, I think we would have just kept driving.) We decided to try and pump some more gas into the tank and wouldn't ya know...it takes about 14 gallons of gas. (our tank is a 14 gallon tank) If I haven't make myself clear...than means the first time we stopped for gas we paid 60 but didn't get any gas. So we almost got stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Jacob really saved the day!
We drove through Flint, Michigan and went over the border into Canada. It was really weird. It seemed like a different country for sure. We drove back into the country with no problem and were home around 11:30pm. Whew!
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