Day 2: Saturday June 7

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This will be one of our biggest driving days. We left our spot at Cracker Barrel in Port Huron, Michigan just after 7am with Cracker Barrel coffee (in styrofoam cups!).

We packed zero food and since Michigan is rated #2 for cheapest groceries in America we decided to stock up at the Walmart in Flint, Michigan.

Caleb can’t believe how big the Flint GM Assembly plant is… Isla can’t believe how they couldn’t have made us a better truck.

Remember the campaign years ago “This ain’t Flint!”? Apparently the Hot 89.9 radio station thought it would be a good slogan to show people that Ottawa was safe from the financial crisis of 2009.

Costco and then Trader Joe’s for more food and lunch. Kids love the Costco $0.50 hotdog and chicken bake.

We drove through Michigan and Indiana (gained an hour switching to Central Time Zone).

We drove by the Barack Obama Learning Academy where the kids could not believe how run down all the surrounding houses were. The houses that looked occupied had iron grates over the doors and windows. Stats for the school are above.

Iowa on the I80 is windmills and large flat farmland.

Culver’s for supper! Gluten free bun even! The people (staff and customers) were so so friendly… it was almost hard to get back on the road because everyone wanted to chat so much.

Still driving through Iowa… hoping to make it part of the way through Nebraska tonight!

Isla finished her first novel of the trip!

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