When the weather outside is frightful, airports can become less then delightful. Actually, our little saga had nothing to do with the weather but with mechanical issues. Let me back up a bit and say that I started getting sick the day after we arrived in Oregon and despite the
meds and lots of
vitamin C it only got worse. We left Oregon for the airport at 7am, drove for 4 hours to Boise, got on our plane and landed in Minnesota at 5:30pm. We got on our next flight that was only slightly delayed and headed home...just kidding! We got about 1/4 of the way to
DFW when the we heard, "Ladies and gentleman, this is your captain speaking. We are having mechanical issues and need to go back to Minnesota. We'll be there in about 25 minutes." About 25 minutes later we heard, "We need to burn off some fuel before we land so we are going to fly around the city for about 50 minutes before we land." Long story short, by the time we landed back in Minnesota it was 10:20. We were originally scheduled to arrive at
DFW by 10:05, very frusterating. They had another plane waiting for us when we landed but it wasn't going to get to
DFW until 1:30AM. By then, I wasn't feeling well at all and just wanted to sleep. My wonderful hubby decided to ask if they would put us up in a hotel and get us on a
nother flight the next day. They ended up putting us up in a nice hotel, giving us food
vouchers, AND upgrading us to first class for the flight the next day!
Our flight didn't take off until 5pm so we had all day to kill time. Chase had never been to the Mall of America so that's where we headed. This was my third time to go and I still can't get over how big the place is. It's HUGE!
They have a store there that I just HAD to go see. Have you ever heard of Prairie Home
Companion? No??? I grew up on this stuff! Now most kids grow up listening to sing-a-long tapes or Disney radio, not us. We listened to stories about Lake Wobegon with Garrison
Kiellor. My dad loved this stuff. He could listen to it for hours. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click
HERE, and you'll get a little insight to my early years. All that to say, the show is in Minneapolis and the Mall of America has store full of
PHC t-shirts,
Kiellor books, and
CD's. My dad would be in heaven. This post is for you dad!
Side Note: I was the only person under the age of 55 in the store....
Below is a random pic of us in front of
Kokomo restaurant in the mall.
Side Note: I was the only person under the age of 55 in the store....
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