Highlights from our trip....

Flight....

We worked on Friday, got on the airporter shuttle and got to Seatac with only 3 hours to wait for our flight. We got on at 12:40Am...flew into Minneapolis @ 5:30 AM. We were the early birds!

Car Rental....

We went to Budget Car Rental...where the clerk tried to talk us up to a larger vehicle...we held firm. We were told to check out the car and we did...hmmmm....how do you find all of the dents...through the dirt...oh, and the door opener didn't work....Back to the desk.

Okay...new car...want to upgrade? Nope....New car and off we went.

Stop at IKEA to pick up some things for Jane...

it was 6:15...IKEA (reported by Jane) opened at 8:30. Let's go to Mall of America...old people walk in the mall early...after we walked around, glazed eyes, we had looked at Lego Land...tried to see if McDonald's was open and finally opted for chairs in the mall...and Steve closed his eyes and dozed...I talked to our girls on the phone.

8:00...how long do we have to wait? Let's go to IKEA...

Off we went where we found that IKEA wasn't going to open for 1 1/2 hours. Steve put his seat back, I thought...good idea...and we slept soundly in the IKEA parking lot until 9:30...woke up, had IKEA breakfast...and went to get her 2 items. Item 1...no problem....Item 2...longer than the car...we bought item 1 and headed for Fargo....

Car #2...oh no...PROBLEMS....

Big Problems!

I was driving...and a light went on...Steve checked the book and it said...have engine checked. We called Budget from Alexandria...about 1 1/2 hours from Fargo...they said, drive it to Fargo and get another car from airport....

by Fargo the blinking light was on full time...the engine light was on full time....

Fargo....

We made it...we traded in our Accent (#2) and got an HHR, drove to Betty and Carl's where we met Jane, Simon, and Mazie....

Was God in charge???? 3 cars....1 with problems....Oh yes!

We were able to load our car and Andy's to move a load to Grand Forks...the Accent...not so much help!

On our way to Omaha later in the week, we would never have gotten all of the things in...Mazie and Simon come with a full zoo of stuffed animals not to mention some of the other things we had to move.

And another plus? Nana rode in the back seat all the way to Omaha, reading and watching a movie with her favorite kids in the world.