Adventure in the Night
by Karlene Jacobsen
Sheets of rain bathed the van. Windshield wipers chased each other back and forth across the window in a hypnotizing rhythm. The kids complained when I turned up the air conditioner to help revive me.
I moaned. This is supposed to be an adventure! Cold, rainy weather in August is WRONG! Hrmph…Gotta love Michigan!
A midnight express across southern Michigan was not part of our plan. We should have reached Sheboygan, WI by now; our tent erected and a campfire ablaze to warm us. Aren't vacations a time for relaxation? What did we know? This was our first family camp trip-ever!
Saturday, while inspecting the van, Dan noticed our license plate-EXPIRED.
Someone told us of a 24-hour automated machine at the Secretary of State (SOS). "Just go there, it'll spit out a tag for you," they said.
We found the nearest location. It rejected our card, saying, "System error--" We found another location. The machine offered the same hopeless message. We drove to another location then another … until we had covered most of the 24-hour machines in the metropolitan area-no luck!
Our next option: drive through the night, Sunday-tonight-for Benton Harbor. There we would wait for the SOS to open and get the tags before crossing into Indiana.
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