It was a fairly uneventful trip, 14hrs up (1100km). I should have been able to do it in 12hrs if all conditions would have been perfect, but of course they weren't. We constantly got stuck behind traffic, and got held up by construction, and of course there were the obligatory pee breaks :)
On the way back we were making really good time, it is 697km from Sault Ste Marie to Thunder Bay and I was doing 100km/hr - 110km/hr so we were there in 7hrs... but 20km outside of the Sault we blew a tire going up a passing lane in the pouring lane... so what happened next? Well I spent the next hour changing a tire in the pouring rain on the top of a hill. The spare was rusted on under the van so that took half an hour just to break loose. Spare tire on and everyone back in the van we made the slow drive in to the Sault and found a Canadian Tire that was still open on a late Sunday afternoon... another 40min later we were set up with a new tire and off to grab some supper... so it took total of 14hrs to get home thanks to all that...
The visit itself with our baby boy was awesome... yes I know I keep referring to him as ours but it is hard not to. We poured our life and love into him for 10 months, from one year old up to 11 months. We were even going to adopt him, but a family member came forward to and we were unable to, that is where he is currently of course, up in Thunder Bay with his new family. Anyway it was a great trip and we were truly blessed to see him again. We love you Jacob and always will.
p.s. Next time we visit I think we'll fly up lol.
