Almost there. The home stretch.

Finally! The last day of travel is here! Apologies to all of you, our passengers. This has taken a little longer than planned, but we very much appreciate your hanging in there 'til the end. There will still be some posts to come, but they will mostly be additional photos and videos, with some background so you know what you're lookin' at.
(editor's note - the delay may actually help to give you some perspective on driving from London to almost Denver... you keep waiting for it to show up, but it never seems to get there...)
We got up early, about 5:30, so we could all meet for breakfast in the lobby. It was a good start. Had some you-make-em waffles fresh from the iron. Mmmmmm! I had a bit extra in the insulin department to work on the syrup... Everyone was eager to get on the road and get home, so we got moving. On the road at 6:35am CT. As Steve was keen to point out, that was 7:35am ET so the race was on to make it in time for dinner. Who wants to have reheated Easter dinner on Easter?
We hit our first stop for gas in Michigan at 10:25am ET. Quick 10-100s, and then we were on our way. Steve was checking the maps regularly to track our progress, and give an ETA for the border. It was looking like we could make it, as long as everything continued going smoothly. It did.
Flint, MI was the next, and final, planned stop for fuel and 10-100s. Everyone was stoked about finally being so close to home. It had been a lot of driving (I had put 5738.7km on the Jeep since leaving London) and we all just wanted to get there. We decided that we would definitely stop at the duty-free in Port Huron as some of the guys wanted to load up as much as they could. Onward ho!
We hit Port and found our way to the duty-free. In we went, and I helped with my knowledge of pricing at the LCBO. There were some great deals at this outlet. I have seen some where the prices were actually better at home than at the supposed duty-free store. (as an aside, just FYI - be careful if you are in airports shopping at their duty-free shops... often they are counting on you to assume that the prices are excellent... they aren't always very good at all... just be aware) There was some discussion of quantities that one could bring back to Canada without any problems, but it wasn't entirely adhered to (back to that shortly). We sorted out some last minute finances in the parking lot, and then Steve and I said our goodbyes.
We would be heading along the 402 for a bit, but as we were going to the lake and the others were going to London now was the time for the formalities. Everyone commented on how much of a blast we had, and how much we looked forward to doing it again, especially with a couple of new guys and their soon-to-be upgraded Jeeps (one finally getting some attention, ahem, and one being shortly acquired). We shook hands, hopped back in the Jeeps, and headed for the border. Oh boy, what fun we would have there...

We are almost home! Life is good, for sure!