On the way home we stopped at a fast food place in Great Bend, PA. As we're sitting eating our sandwiches, we noticed a historical marker next to the road describing that Joseph Smith lived a few miles east of where we were. After lunch we drove 5 minutes to Harmony (now the Township of Oakland) to the home Joseph Smith was living in when he translated the Book of Mormon and was baptized. I had been there as a child, and it was interesting to come by again. Olivia was just grateful for more time out of the car.
Driving from Chapel Hill, NC to Montreal, Quebec took 16-17 hours of actual driving. Add to that stopping every two hours for a diaper/food/crying break, plus the car not defrosting, and a day to enjoy NYC, it took us 3 1/2 days to make it up to Canada. We were anxious to make it home and Olivia was such a good sport, we made it all the way to Baltimore at 8pm on our first night (12 hours from Ottawa, 5 hours from home). We could've kept going, but realized we wouldn't be home until after 2am anyway, so might as well stop close to Olivia's bedtime and let us all get a full night's rest. As you can tell, Olivia and I enjoyed watching sports for the first time in weeks. She was very playful and happy all day the next day; she loved bathing in her own tub and playing with her own toys.
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