September 7, 2010
Soooo I arrived in North Dakota on Sunday 9/5. My adventure began by departing from the Tampa Airport at 8 am...yep 8 am, which meant being at the airport by 7am...then flying to Denver, waiting around for a 2 and a half hour layover (thankfully I was able to find a Starbucks...actually 3...in the airport so all was right in my world for the time being. After boarding the plane in Denver, I along with the other 20 people (no I'm not joking) then flew to Minot, ND. Now is when the fun part of the journey began haha. I had to get my checked luggage and make my way to the car rental counter to pick up my car. Now silly me was thinking that they would go and get the car for me and pull it up outside of the doors for me....well thats not how they do it ND. Soooo I then was faced with the challenge of lugging all three pieces of my luggage and my purse and my body to the parking lot to get my rental car. Needless to say, it was a sight to see. It was only 60 degrees out and I was breaking a sweat, luggage falling all over the place and me about in tears. Lol. Then, I proceeded to drive the 90 miles to the town of Bottineau where I will be living. Hands down the most boring...yet pretty...drive of my life. On the plus side I was able to get in some quality karoke time with the steering wheel since I managed to find two country stations on the radio....I know, I was shocked to find country stations in ND too! But in the end I made it safe and sound to the lodge and am currently still in the hotel room while waiting for the apartment stuff to get taken care of for me.
Add pics to the next post! LOL I can't believe you live there--definitely a turn of events I never expected. Sounds pretty though, and that you are off to a good start.
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