I have partook of too many LONG DISTANCE road trips in the last 4 years and this one is perhaps the longest. I am now in Minneapolis, eating some good breakfast at Hard Times Cafe befoe embarking on the longest day of a 6-7 day trip and a border crossing that hopefully will ring of great success (that is, no problems and a shiny temp work visa in my hands).
We started by heading north to Vermont to see family and friends and though I just wanted to stay we made a move on by headin back south and west and decided to do most of the driving in the US mostly due to time and wallet pressures. We had a lot more places to stay and gas is a lot cheaper. And with 14 metal titanium staples in my head, camping is not ideal.
More on the staples later…