Awesome, not sure how far away from lower mi you are exactly but depending on the deal you can find on a windshield, I know a guy that might make it worth your while to make the drive this way. When I had my windshield put in.... The guy that did it charged me $125.00 for a new windshield, delivered to my house and had it installed in about 20 minutes .
So if you can't find a good deal on one.... Let me know and I'll give you his info and maybe you could drive this way, he could pop the old out and put the new in for cheap and maybe we could meet up for a lunch or something.