Susie and the kids took us to the airport on Monday afternoon to catch a 1 p.m. flight. We arrived in Minneapolis around 6:30 p.m. and spent the next three hours eating supper, walking around the airport, and finally settling at our gate. The plane we were to travel on arrived half an hour late and we finally boarded around 10:15 p.m. John and I were so glad to finally be on the final leg of our trip. As the plane was pulling away from the gate, it came to a stop, and the pilot announced the runway in Bemidji was too icy for landing and that our flight had been canceled. It was now about 10:45 p.m. The passengers were told to go to another gate for re-booking. John and I talked to the agent and found we couldn't get a flight until 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night and that we couldn't be guaranteed of getting on that one. He told us we would probably be stuck in the cities until sometime Wednesday.
It was then that I got a bright idea. I told John we should rent a car, get out of the cities, drive as far as we could, stop for the night, and continue on in daylight. Matt had called and told us it had snowed all day up here so we needed to proceed with caution. I then got another idea, ask if there was anyone who would want to split the cost of the car rental and go with us. We had four folks who wanted to take us up on our offer.
Next stop was the car rental section of the airport. I won't bore you with all the hassles, etc. we went through, but we finally ended up with a van. One of the ladies with us drove out of the cities, and then John took over the driving. We arrived back in Bemidji around 6: 30 in the morning and then spent the next half hour or so digging out the cars so we could all get on the road home. John and I pulled into the garage around 7:30, unloaded the car, and then decided to lay down for an hour or so and get a little sleep. An hour later Matt called to see if we got home and then Dr. Gessner's office called and, after some discussion with his nurse, I was told he wanted to try some other treatment and I could come in that afternoon for some injections. So much for getting some sleep. A big winter storm was in the forecast and we needed to stock up on groceries since we had been gone for almost a week. We also had to pick up more tile for our hallway, so we took care of everything while we were in Bemidji.
Now for today. All I can say is snow, snow, snow, and more snow. It came down all day and the local weather says we got anywhere from 10-16 inches. John has been busy trying to keep the pathways to the stove and his shop passable. Thank goodness it's a very light, fluffy snow and easy to shovel. We were pretty much housebound all day and it looks like we'll be snowed in for the next day or so until the plow opens our road and Matt can get here to plow us out. John just came in from checking things outside and said the drifts down by the old shop were up to his waist.
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