Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Tuesday: we made it!

Well, the drive to Michigan took 12.5 hours. That's right, 2.5 hours longer than it should have. The first problem was snow. It was snowing pretty heavily in NY just as we were leaving, and so the roads hadn't been plowed or salted. Ben did the driving but was rather stressed. The next problem was snowplows. There were two in front of us plowing but not letting traffic go by. So we followed them at 30 mph for about 30 minutes. After that it cleared up and I drove while Ben rested. We went back and forth a few more times but ended up getting all the way to Hudsonville instead of stopping. One of us got just enough rest in time to relieve the other for a while.

But a few good things about it taking so long...we got better gas milage and I was able to see my dad before he went to work.

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