Travel Day – Border Crossing

Walmart - Wapakoneta, Ohio

On Saturday, Oct. 19^th when I woke and got up at 6:30, the parking lot was quiet and empty except for one Airstream. As it should be at that time. Most rv’s were gone, either to storage or home with their owners. The light fog Bill noticed when he and Gibbs went out earlier had blown out of proportion and it a white blanket across the land. Yeuch. We had our cereal and began the pack up routine.

Good morning!
This is what we woke up to today.
Lots of fog.

At 7:50, we pulled out and caught the 401W to Windsor. A different crossing location for us this time, for a change. There are reasons you’ll discover as the days proceed. It is a chilly 2C/36F so Gibbs had his thunder coat on and I had my toque and mini gloves on. Bill, well, he was in short sleeves. 😊 He has always been that way, since I’ve known him.

It cleared and then didn't.
It was fine for us traveling, the sun was doing
its job.
Nice to see the turbines, a home reminder.

We had an easy drive, watching the fog clear as the sun forced its way through. We stopped at the last En Route/Rest Area before the border around 9 and took care of nature’s call. We can’t get over the improvement of our drive with Gibbs so settled. He was laying down for most of our drive. Tiny whimpers when we had to slow down but it was such a relief, for us and for him. ♥

After we crossed the Ambassador Bridge, we were directed to the far right lane to the truck lanes and we were quite giddy about that. The line ups for the car traffic were plentiful, probably 10 or 12, all open and jammed full. When we reached the truck lanes, about 6 of them, we pulled up behind a Class C RV. Even though it was a wait of about 15 minutes, we could see the guard go out and get into the rv. Hmm.

The Ambassador Bridge as it is now
and the fog looking down at the Detroit River.

This was looking up at the full lines
of cars at the border.
We were directed to the transport crossing guards instead.

Because of our preparedness in packing, I wasn’t concerned at all when it was our turn and he asked us to pull forward and stop. He took our keys and opened the door, stepping inside. He didn’t open slides but took about 5 minutes. There isn’t much that you have access to in our Suite but he came out smiling, handed us our passports and keys and wished us a good trip. 😊 It was probably 20 minutes from the time we got in line and we were on our way.

Fuel prices are below $4 so that will help us along
the route.

Catching the I-75S was easy but we did have a bunch of slow downs further on due to construction but we were relaxed and comfortable moving slowly. We loved how when it was down to 2 lanes from 3, a semi in front of us pulled into the ‘closing’ lane to block all those ‘more important’ drivers from zooming by and cutting in.

This little guy in his Thunder coat was so good again.
He's checking to make sure our home is still coming. 💗

One SUV still tried to get around him and the driver veered over further, forcing him to hug the guard rail. Kudos to the big guy, we all hate that! Happy it did not cause an accident but I’ll bet the little guy will think twice before doing that again! 

The left lane is closing with lots of notice
and the semi pulled over into it to stop the
drivers from racing up to get ahead. 
Love that but it was almost an accident when the SUV
pulled out in the curb lane to pass him. LOL

The rest of the day trip was uneventful, we are getting more mellow as far as putting up with construction delays. There weren’t many workers today but the pylons are still everywhere.

Crossing into Ohio and a
familiar water tower.

We arrived at our destination for the night at 1:30. We’ve often stayed at a Coast to Coast park in Wapakoneta, OH (Arrowhead Lakes RV Resort) but because it is just a one night ‘stand’ (teehee), we pulled into the Walmart in the same town. It could be noisy, not sure how it will be but for one night, we’ll be fine. Gibbs is always happy to get back inside and find our home the way he left it. ♥

Stopping at the Ohio welcome centre
for a nature break.

We didn’t bother reporting in to the manager this time since we know friends who have stayed here and there are a few semis parked on the other side. While Bill and Gibbs had a snooze, I walked in to check out their bread and yogourt section, not expecting much but we also need potatoes and a couple of other things I couldn’t get at Costco.

For the most part, it was a dull drive
but then this stretch was beautiful.

Bill unhooked Black Beauty for a quick run to the Murphy USA gas station to fuel up and then rehooked. They don’t like you to treat it like a campground. We get that.  At supper time, we agreed to get a pizza from Pizza Hut so he walked across the highway and brought back our choice. It’s our favourite Canadian pizza so we’ll compare. He had his half Hawaiian and my half was meat lovers with, what else? green olives. 😊

Our spot for the night.

It was delicious! I could only eat 2 of the 4 pieces and will have leftovers tomorrow. We cleaned things up and Bill had a new movie to watch upstairs and I’ll find something downstairs when I finish my blog. This has been a good day. Border crossing was painless and finding a spot for the night, just as easy.

Look at what I found in
Walmart! Yay!
I bought 2 loaves.

The weather is perfect and I’m sure you are having the same, wherever you are. 71F/22C and warmer tomorrow. The nights are still cool for a few more days but that’s okay too. Bill’s update for today, with our route, is short and sweet if you prefer checking it out.

Such good pizza!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by!