Sleep was going good until about 4 a.m., when the hotel fire alarm went off. 😳 There was a brief moment of confusion, then we jumped out of bed to assess the situation. I wondered if it was just our room or hotel wide. The door wasn’t hot, so I cautiously opened it to find other sleepy people poking their heads out, too…some were already heading to the stairs. So, it’s the entire hotel. Then someone sent word that there was no fire, that it was a false alarm. It seems this had happened sometime during the day on Friday also and at that point it was determined to be a malfunction of something.
Anyway,
we went back to bed…two of our trio were able to fall back asleep quickly (Mom
and Kim) and one tossed and turned, smelling for smoke (me). Eventually I did
fall asleep; when the phone alarm tinkled at me, I turned it off and dozed off
again. So, as a result, we didn’t get on the road as soon as we’d planned but
better late than never, right?
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Sometime
during the night, it started raining and continued as we drove through
Illinois, Indiana and on into Michigan. It wasn’t a downpour, just steady. Radar
indicated that the big, green cloud should have moved on long before we reached
Michigan, but I guess Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.
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Last night when we stopped, we had about 90 minutes left on A Superior
Death, the Anna Pigeon audio book. Finished that this morning. With less than 6 hours to go, it didn’t make
sense to start another one as they’re usually 10 to 12 hours long. BUT I found
an abridged version of Endangered Species, #5 in the Anna Pigeon series and
less than 3 hours long. Kim and Mom were
game so we gave it a listen.
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Crossed into the Mitten at 2 p.m., EST.
Yeehaw!! Just under 300 miles to go. Temperature was 46oand
it was raining. The plan is to head straight to Charlevoix, and I’ll take Mom
home on Monday or Tuesday.
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Forty-six degrees in Big Rapids
when we stopped for a bit to eat. The Culver’s parking lot was too small for
our rig, so we parked in the Meijer parking lot and walked to Culver’s. My sweatshirt
felt good and shorts were okay until the walk back to the truck, with the wind blowing
against me. A wee bit chilly at that point.
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Arrived home just after 7:30 p.m. to a chilly outside temp of 38o.
Only remnants of the recent snowstorm
were scattered about the yard.
Diesel
Prices we paid on our drive to Michigan between April 1 and April 4, 2026:
Coolidge, AZ…4.74
Deming, NM…$5.25
Vaugh, NM…$4.99
Liberal, KS…$4.74
Ellsworth, KS…$4.44
Hiawatha, KS…$4.69
Bevier, MO…$4.64
Chenoa, IL…$5.59
Big Rapids, MI…$5.37
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We didn’t get
fuel in Eloy/Picacho but the cost was $6.19 at the time of our departure.
