Half Way to the North Pole

The way back from Boston was a bit rough. You may have seen in the news that the Northeast got hit with an ice storm. Well, we drove through that. Massachusetts - rain. New Hampshire - more rain with sleet, ice, and snow. Vermont - no rain, just sleet, ice and snow. Most of the trip was at 30 to 40 mph. Fortunately, Quebec mandates snow tires by December 15th - so we had them and the scion handled beautifully. The windshield wipers, on the other hand, did not and the windshield spent most of its time covered in ice. We ended up stopping south of Burlington, Vermont around midnight to check into a hotel and get some sleep. Friday was still slow going. We were going slow enough to notice that we passed over the 45th parallel in Vermont. Confirmed by a road sign...


Further confirmed by our GPS...