There's a classic movie from the 80's called Red Dawn - about some teens (Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, etc.) who get caught in the midst of an invasion of Russkies (& Cubans - not sure how they would survive the -30 weather) who have taken over a significant portion of the US. For some reason, North Dakota & Minnesota remind me of that imagined WW III movie - maybe its the small little towns (every one has a Dairy Queen) and lonely highways that could land a 747 safely - gotta love U.S. taxes at work just in case of a communist invasion!
So back to the big escape - Friday afternoon we headed for U.S. of A. with our friends Pat & Dar - destination Grand Forks! It's not Miami, not even Minneapolis but it has its own significance in a "biscuits & gravy" kind of way. We met up with other friends (K & D, T & C, and G & N) from Steinbach & Rosenort and moved into the Holiday Inn for a weekend of hanging out, shopping, some swimming, great food at some of the local restaurants: Coldstone icecream, Grizzly's ribs, Paradiso mexican food... etc.
It was good to be without the kids for a bit (although it was great scooping them up late Sunday) and just enjoy the company of adults for a change. Closest we'll get to a vacation for the next little while!
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