Vacation '10, Day 1: Greetings from Minneapolis!

[edenfalling]

So my flight out of Ithaca was delayed about an hour (bad weather in Philadelphia), which meant I missed my connecting flight to Minneapolis/St. Paul. But US Airways rebooked me even before the Ithaca flight landed, so I just hung around the Philly airport for four hours.

This was actually something of a blessing (...well, mixed blessing; my team lost) because it meant I got to watch the US/Ghana World Cup match at a bar in the airport amidst a crowd of at least 100 people. Sports are always best when watched with a crowd who are really into it. Alas, we got outplayed, but it was nonetheless very fun and I would not have missed that for the world. :-)

(I am now wondering how peeved my parents will be if I spend significant portions of my vacation trying to watch soccer streaming live via ESPN or something... *ponders evilly*)

Anyway. I got into Minneapolis just ahead of a thunderstorm, and then my parents and I spent about half an hour calling management to fix the nonfunctional air conditioner in our hotel room, and, when that failed, transferring to the room next door.

And now I am off to bed, because Mom and I will be attending Sunday morning service at GA and I would prefer not to fall asleep in the middle of the sermon. In the afternoon, we will drive up to Cass Lake.

Comments

[pineapplechild]

*waves at you from across the river*

Nice to see you in my neck of the woods.

[edenfalling]

*waves back* And now I am up north on Star Island in Cass Lake! :-)

(I am a Jersey girl transplanted to New York, but my whole family is from Minnesota originally -- which is why we have a summer cabin on the island -- and my parents plan to retire to the Twin Cities in a couple years.)

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Have a great time at GA! I've never been, but one of these years I'm going to make it there.

[edenfalling]

I was not at GA as such -- GA having run from Wednesday through Sunday -- just the Sunday morning service.

Which was really something else in and of itself. At least two thousand UUs in one room at one time! I have never seen the like.