Zaph was missing Catie, so we decided it was time to drive to Michigan to visit John, Carol and Catie. It was also a good test for the new truck.

Had an interesting border crossing today. The line we chose seemed to be moving slower than the other lines which worried me a bit. As I watched the car in front of us have its trunk searched for a second time, I said to Ed that this didn’t look good. We took our sunglasses off and had our passports ready as we pulled up in front of the custom kiosk. We were asked where we were going and to roll down the back window. When it was determined that we were traveling with a dog, the custom official asked to see our dog’s food. I had thought I was being efficient when we left home and had measured out 10 meals --- the 7 required plus three spares. As there was no bag to identify the ingredients all but 2 meals were confiscated. Guess we have to be thankful that 2 meals were left for Zaph and the containers were returned. In the future we’ll have to bring unopened bags of food and ensure that they don’t contain lamb or goat. Guess I should research why the US doesn’t like Canadian lamb and goat.

Also had interesting weather on the US portion of our trip. In the matter of minutes the weather would go from sunny to downpours so heavy the visibility was reduce to a couple of hundred feet then back to sunny. We made to John and Carols in time to enjoy a smoked rib dinner …. Yum.

The truck was very comfortable .... can definitely do long drives in it.