Friday, October 14, 2011

Oct. 14th - Stuck in Grand Marais.

Don't worry just til tomorrow. We ended up having one of the HID headlights go out on the Prius when we were in Duluth and instead of driving through a foreign country with busted light we decided to get one from the NAPA store up here. But it turned out they don't have it in stock so they put in an order for it and it should be here tomorrow morning. We heard that there was some way to replace the Prius lights without having to do Toyota's recommended bumper removal and after some searching I found a couple good videos on YouTube (jnet1 and lusciousgarage) which explain and show how to remove/replace the lights without too much of a hassle. So that is the plan for tomorrow morning before heading towards Thunder Bay.
Otherwise this morning has been alright - stresses here and there - trying to prepare everything before the border. But we were able to get our camping gear dried out from the other night at a beautiful rest area along Cutface Creek(about 1 mile south of Grand Marais), bought groceries finally so we could stop eating at restaurants, and now we are resting at a comfortable little coffee shop called the Java Moose waiting for the cold, dreary mist to leave the city before exploring.
The headphones don't fit over my beard. Jena thought it was funny.
This is one of the best designs for a reusable coffee mug - silicone lid, ceramic mug, genius.