Our cabin, 8-mile in Detroit, crossing the bridge into the USA and our cold picnic
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Day 2 South Haven, Michigan
Today was a looong car day! We’ve driven over 1200km since we started. We try to break up the drive in 3 hour chunks, which usually coincides with when the girls get antsy. We left our friends in Belleville this morning (funny how distance and time are related, it already seems like so long ago!) Our first stop was in Ancaster, Ontario for lunch. Despite the cold, we had a little picnic.
I was apprehensive about the border crossing into the USA, but it went really smoothly. The agent asked Z if we were her parents and she just stared… Thankfully the agent didn’t seem too bothered by her lack of words!
Next stop was in Detroit, Michigan, to buy some dinner. We went to a Whole Foods there and I had a very odd conversation with a woman in the bathroom after having changed diapers. It went something like this:
Woman: “oh you’ll know this - when is summer in Paris?”
Me: “summer in Paris? Um um… April?…”
Woman: “right… April till…?”
Me: “September?”
Woman: “April till September, see I knew you’d know this.”
I feel bad that summer in Paris definitely does not start in April, but hey, it was a very odd encounter. It was our first time in Detroit and from the looks of it, it is very bleak. Not the nicest city.
We continued on and our plan was to camp tonight but it was (is) raining! So we rented a cabin instead and it is just wonderful. Exactly what we needed. We had a great dinner using our new camp stove Biolite. Hopefully the girls sleep well!
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Day 1: Belleville, ontario
First day went very smoothly, although the girls didn’t sleep much in the car. We stopped at a McDonald’s drive through (no shame) about 15 minutes after they’d fallen asleep and they woke up and didn’t fall asleep after that. We made good time and enjoyed playing in the yard with our friends. They made us a wonderful dinner and it was great to catch up! Z made a friend and LJ is camping downstairs with us tonight in her sleeping bag - so cute! Ready for more adventures tomorrow!
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Road trip toy organization
Traveling with an 8 month old and a two and a half year old means we have to ensure they are well entertained in the car. In order to do this, I found a box to fit between their car seats and filled it with toys. When choosing the toys, I kept two things in mind: 1 - I don’t want noisemakers, in case one of the kids is asleep while the other is not and 2 - I don’t want anything the 8 month old could choke on.
Here is a picture of the box:
urg! Never mind, I just found out I can’t add pictures to a text on tumblr. This will have to be two separate posts. See next post for pictures. Inside the box are the “regular” items: a doll wrapped in her blanket (if you look closely you can see her head was coloured on with pen during a previous road trip), a metal lunch box containing plastic animal figurines and a notepad, a metal box containing letter magnets, a colouring book and pencil crayons (regular crayons melt in the heat- I learned this the hard way), a Melissa and Doug paint with water book, 5 board books the baby can’t destroy, three soft balls, animals that can be laced, a Crayola finger painting travel toy. Next, I made 7 ziplock bags with novelty items so that both kids get a new toy every day. My plan is to rotate the items that are already in the box to have enough room for everything. In the bags I placed: various teething toys for the baby, books, sticker books and paint with water books. Hopefully this keeps them entertained and stays more or less organized!via Tumblr http://ift.tt/1QnnK7A
Thursday, April 14, 2016
I'm back!!!
Ok so this works. I figured out an easy way to blog from my iPhone, as we are going on a cross-country road trip in two weeks and I want to remember it! I’m going to try to blog everyday to keep you posted on where we are and what we are doing.
Here’s how I can blog from my iPhone. I’m writing in the tumblr app, and then using the IFTTT app, I created a recipe so that the posts on tumblr also get posted on blogger. Then so share it I think I just have to press the Facebook button. I haven’t tried that yet so bear with me.
As for the trip, we are almost ready. We have a few friends hosting us, Airbnb in Vancouver and different pet-friendly hotels and campgrounds we can book as we go. The oil and tires have been changed (here in Quebec it is mandatory to have winter tires during the winter) and the car is ready. I have good ideas for toys and snacks during the long drives (we tested our girls by doing a successful 15 hour drive to Natashquan and a 6 hour drive to Connecticut). Hopefully it’ll be a smooth ride, and if not, it’ll be an adventure we’ll all remember for a long time!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
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