http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , North Dakota , Minot en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:50:00 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:50:00 UTC We left Chicago yesterday thankfully getting out despite all the flooding. Woke up this morning to sunny skies and flat land I had looked at the Geocaching website to see if there was anything to be found along our route at any of the longer stops that the train makes. When it makes service stops it stops for about 12 hour so a quick grab of a cache is possible if it's close enough. Sure http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/blog-325085.html Quietness. Upon the dawn the chirping of birds. How pleasant it is here on Sauk Lake. The geese and ducks wander nearby as we prepare to start our day. A long hot shower on a cool spring morning a bowl of oatmeal with raisins toast with crunchy peanut butter it doesnlsquot get any better than this. The nights have been in the forties but our van has stayed in the fifties at night ver http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/blog-279027.html Again I sit in an airport only this time it's in Cleveland. I've completed 2 of my 3 flights in my journey home. The next and final departs at 605 so I've got about an hour or so until they begin boarding. Thankfully this time I've managed to get myself set up in a Club Lounge so I've got the free refreshments and wireless thing going which always makes waiting a little more pleasant.To recap I http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/blog-152541.html Greetings from Minot Well I've been here going on a full 4 days and I honestly can't say that it feels a whole lot different from being anywhere else. But I'm getting ahead of myself. To start with I had no idea the stress that awaited me after I signed off the last time in the PHL airport. My flight was delayed due to another flight coming in which killed my layover time on my next flight. No http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/blog-152538.html And so it begins. I'm at PHL right now killing time before my flight turns out I was roughly 3 hours early This was not my original plan. I mean yes those of you who know me know full well my tendency towards being early to things but not quite to THIS extent. But let me justify. I was somewhat limited in my options... I had to go from work to PHL in time for a 545pm flight. I could ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Minot/blog-152525.html