Boxster Road Trip

Day 31 of #BoxsterRoadTrip took us from Richmond, Indiana to Frankenmuth, Michigan.

We left the lovely and homey Airbnb called “Blue Chestnut Room in Garden Manor” and our gracious hosts Janine and Colin after a fantastic breakfast and wonderful conversation.  We could have spent more time with these very nice folks and highly recommend their Airbnb accommodation if you are ever in Richmond, IN.

It was very foggy when we left and we decided it was even more prudent to keep off of the interstates and take the US highways.  So we headed north on US-127, driving extra carefully.  Jo was driving and remarked to Steve that, even though there weren’t many trucks on the 2-lane US highway, they were driving way too fast, given the weather conditions.  Not ten minutes after that observation, we were detoured off of the highway because one 18-wheeler t-boned a second 18-wheeler.  Notice, in the photo, the sign that says “Cross Traffic Does Not Stop”.

After the detour, we continued on our way (now in Ohio) and came upon a truck carrying ONE blade from one of those big windmills you see along many highways.  When you see them off in the distance, it is hard to get an idea how big they are.  But when we came upon this extra long truck, we had to snap this photo.  All I can say is WOW!

We continued on our way and ultimately crossed into Michigan on our way to Frankenmuth and “The World’s Largest Christmas Store“!  While it is certainly a huge store, with loads of decorations, we were disappointed that they did not have very many fairies.  There were maybe three or four fairy decorations and they were marginal, at best.  So there were not purchases made at the Christmas store.

However, late in the afternoon, we went into the town of Frankenmuth and found the cheese store.  Yep, we bought more cheese.  Our little ice chest is getting pretty full and we had better start having cheese and biscuits (crackers, for the Americans) soon!  The town of Frankenmuth is cute and we had a German dinner at the Bavarian Inn (good food, good beer), followed by a drive over their wooden bridge.  And that was a nice end to a long day.

Tonight we are staying at a B&B called Bender Haus.

Tomorrow we head north and leave the US for Canada (again).  This time, Ontario.

The journey continues . . .

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