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Do you think it’s a bad idea to rely on Google for a travel route? There IS a bit of fine print on their site:
These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, or other events may cause road conditions to differ from the map results.
So, for PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY, here’s the roughly-planned route to Chicago. Start over on the far right and then travel west (I won’t belittle you by telling you that’s LEFT) with us.
That first arrow shows you where Toronto is. The drive will actually be starting about 45 minutes further east in Bowmanville, where I live, but until I get to Toronto, it’ll just feel like a weekday commute. The fun will really start when I am more awake and we are on our way listening to a fabulous travel play list (hint, hint, travel companion).
The next arrow on the route points to London, Ontario. This is to show you where I went to university, but if I really wanted to show you what it was like when I went to university I’d show you a photo like this.
Snootiest photo of me ever.
The next arrow shows you Sarnia. That’s because this is where we’ll be crossing the border into the United States, and where I will have to try really hard to hold my shit together because I hate crossing the border. I would honestly rather go through customs in an airport.
The next arrow is pointing to Flint, Michigan, a possible destination for general looking around, going pee, taking photographs, and seeing for ourselves what Michael Moore was talking about. Not necessarily in that order.
The next arrow is pointing to Kalamazoo because KALAMAZOO!
The next arrow points out Gary, Indiana, because for some reason I really like the sound of that.
The last, and very largest red arrow is DUH, CHICAGO, because that is our destination. Somebody get me a drink, we’re here.
