Tim Horton’s coffee! Finally!

Driving down I-75, wanting a coffee, dreading another cup of the stuff that is called coffee, I saw a sign for Tim Horton’s, just outside Saginaw. Being a good Canadian, my reflexes were quick and I managed to get into the lane for the off ramp, and a few minutes later, we were finally enjoying real coffee. It’s the same coffee that “Timmy’s” serves in Canada, and we thought we were almost in heaven.


The “Extra Large double double” (just double cream for Colleen – she’s sweet enough) did us almost the rest of the way to Port Huron as we savored the delicious liquid and seemed to get a bit of a caffeine jolt that we’d not had in about five days or so.

We left Munising, MI this morning and drove for a couple of hours along M-28 to 117 and then said “Hello” to Highway 2 once again which took us to St. Ignace where we stopped at a “Trucker’s Diner” for breakfast. There, we learned what “Pasties” were – sounds very similar to what I know as a Scottish Pastie.

Along the way, we saw signs of hunters everywhere, including hunters who had got their prey and were heading south with deer in trailers, in the back of pickup trucks, on platforms attached to the rear of SUV’s and even one small vehicle which had a deer strapped down tight over the trunk and rear window.

At St. Ignace, we headed south on I-75 and began by paying the 3.00 toll fee to cross the Mackinac Bridge – the third largest suspension bridge in the world, and the largest in the western hemisphere. At almost five miles long, the bridge connects the upper and lower mainlands of the State of Michigan, over the Straits of Macknac, which divide Lake Huron from Lake Michigan. An interesting aside about Lake Michigan – it is the only one of the Great Lakes that is completely within the United States. The other four great lakes are shared by Canada and the US.

Once on I-75, we had excellent driving conditions and did a little more than the posted 70 MPH speed limit most of the time. We had thought about staying in the Flint area for the night, but once there, decided to get on I-69 and head for Port Huron. Just outside of Flint, we counted about ten dead deer carcasses along the side of the road and one vehicle that had severely lost in a fight with a deer. The left side of the front end was just about demolished.

Less than a couple of hours later, we had crossed into Ontario without any problems and thought we’d head for London. But we made such good time, we kept on going until we reached our destination, about 10:30PM EST. Total driving distance for the day was 893 KM (about 553 miles) in a driving time of about 9 hours.

Total km driven since we left was over 4,000 KM all together with an additional 1200 or so with our trips to Fort McMurray and Fox Creek in the past week and a half.

The Jimmy needs an oil change.

And we have access to all the Tim Horton’s coffee we want. But right now, wine for Colleen and a whiskey and ginger ale for me.

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