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Kendallville In.

The title says it all, this will be our last winter in Arizona. That tough decision was made this past summer, not for any political reason, but simply the cost of my health insurance, the dollar exchange and the cost of fuel. 

Our first day on the road found us leaving the Ridge at 8:00 a.m. this morning. Instead of our usual stop in London for a night, we headed straight for the border, my map at the bottom will show our route.

We arrived at the border at 11:30 a.m. with a long line up ahead of us. When we reached the customs both, it was the usual questions, one being how long will we be in the U.S. Because we will be more than 30 days, he said we would have to pull over and go inside for our I 94 Number. No problem, in we went, picture and finger prints taken. Bonus for us, the computer system was not working properly, so we didn't have to pay.

On a side note, we had received a message from the Canadian Snowbird Association about taking Canadian alcohol across the border, it may be taken or you could be paying duty, tariffs and tax. I asked the officer taking our finger prints, he said it is especially alcohol bought at the duty free shop. He wasn't concerned with the little bit we had. With that taken care of, we were on our way at 12:30 p.m. Longest time it has taken us to get across, but an easy one, with all the agents we came in contact with friendly and helpful.

Catching I-69 west to Lansing and then south to our present location, Kendallville In, a total of 395 mi. There was about 60 miles in the middle of that, that I-69 lived up to it's reputation of being horrible, that's all I'm going to say.

Happy to be stopped for the night, thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out Pat's blog for her perspective.