uhmmm...Toronto?

Ok, so today was by far a weird day. We've learned three important things about TomTom - our relationship is currently on the rocks with her.

Rule #1 - Don't Always Trust TomTom:

Sometimes, she switches her ideas in the middle of the city, and really confuses you.


Rule #2 - Always Check TomTom's Maps:

as we left Toronto today, we set the course for Winnipeg - and picked the "fastest route" option. We drove in the rain for about 2 hours, and saw that we were passing St. Catherines. A mix of our own knowledge and the geographic genius of my friend Becky (whom I was texting at the time) led us to believe we were heading to SOUTHERN Ontario, instead of NORTHERN Ontario. We looked at TomTom's map and the route was plotted to go through the US. Needless to say, we can't go through the US because we don't have Visas, so we drove about 2 hours in the wrong direction.

On top of that, we found out yesterday that the lights on Betty White (our van) aren't really working that well. The daylight lights come on, and the blinkers no problem - but we can't switch them to nighttime and the bright lights will come on, but won't stay on. So, until we can get this fixed (we spent the better part of the day looking for someone to fix it, but all the places were too busy) we are trying to restrict our night driving.

That being said, we decided our best option would be to stay in a cheap motel for the night, get up at sunrise, and start making the drive to Winnipeg - this time through Canada.


Rule #3 - Never Trust The Data:

En route to find a hotel, TomTom gave us several options of those nearest to us: a Comfort Inn, A Travel Lodge, A Holiday Inn Express and Krazy Krust Patties. Well it's not difficult to assume that the first place we checked was Krazy Krust Patties. It was in fact a Lebanese Bakery and not a hotel. Funny times though.

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So here we are in a motel between Toronto and Barrie, using free Internet, drinking some big beers we bought in Quebec, watching Talladega Nice (about to watch the new Office) and getting ready for bed so we can get up at 5am to hit the road for Winnipeg!