Road Trip, Part 4: Heading Home

Mac and I drove out of Chicago early on Saturday morning, Sept. 24th. We had two days of driving ahead of us before we made it back to Princeton, but we still had folks to see along the way. Our first stop was in Lansing, MI to see Mac's friends Joanna and Mark and their baby Edward. We stopped by their house in Lansing first and then we followed them over to East Lansing to get lunch at this great Thai place. Along the way we saw M.A.C Ave. and when we asked Mark and Joanna about it, they said that Michigan State used to be Michigan Agricultural College and that the name of the road never changed. We also realized once we got into East Lansing that there was a home football game for Michigan State, so we got to see a lot of tailgaters and Michigan State pride since they had already won the game. There were lots of people in town, but we still got a seat at the restaurant and enjoyed catching up. After lunch we took a little stroll around campus and got to see some of the sights. After spending a few hours there, Mac and I got back in the car and headed toward Cleveland to stay with his Aunt Chris and Uncle Nick who live just East of the city.

We got in after dinner time, but still enjoyed some amazing baklava that Mac's aunt had made. It was fun to get to know some more of Mac's family. After a long day of driving we went to bed fairly early and then the next morning we were treated to an amazing breakfast spread. Aunt Chris sure knows how to cook! Then we spent some time talking about gardens and getting a tour of their thriving backyard vegetable and herb garden before packing up and getting back on the road.

We drove a little south and picked up I-80 all the way across Pennsylvania. It was a trip neither Mac nor I had been on before, so it was a little bit of an adventure, and we got to see the start of some fall color in the mountains:


We also drove past an amusing exit in the middle of nowhere PA for a town called Jersey Shore:

The rest of the trip involved a detour through Jim Thorpe, PA and then a fairly direct path home. We were both pretty exhausted from over a week on the road, but it was all worth it for such a fun trip! Now the only question is where will we go on our next trip?