October 24, 2012 - Day 1

Finally...ready to leave at 10:30 am.    I-80 East.  Stopped to eat lunch at Hennepin Canal Visitors's Center.  Sure not big-rig friendly, but very pretty.  Chicago traffic was not bad and we eased easily through the congestion and got on the tollway.  Egads - costly for a big rig!  By the time we navigated through the Indiana and OH tollroads we spent $44.60!  And fuel in Indiana was $4.01/gal.

We arrived at cousin Dave's in Toledo, OH about 7:15 PM.  404 miles today.  George (his wonderful brown pit bull who is a favorite of ours) met us at the driveway and between Dave and us we got Kanga (our Raptor Toy Hauler) parked in the back yard.  Dave gave us a brief "tour" of his revamped Blue Bird bus which he is using as a camper/toy hauler for his jeep.  It is a marvelous work in process and beautifully done.  Will try to post pix tomorrow.

Enjoyed some liquid refreshment, a wonderful pizza delivered from Jet's and a soak in the hot tub....marvelous welcome!  Bed at 10:30 pm...a very long day after a very, very long 10 days of packing and getting Little Acres in order.