Road Trip!!

On Tuesday Nate and I headed down to Grand Forks to pick up Zach and Stacey who had been on a East Coast adventure! We got up early and hit the road...I gave Nate the camera and let her go crazy. It was not only an exciting trip...it was a hilarious, frustrating, delicious, and goofy adventure! This is what was on my camera at the end of the day...

Bright and cheery, ready for a day of driving!Our friend, the truck, and the wide, open prairies...We were pretty happy to see Zach and Stacey waiting for us at the gas station...
as the picture so perfectly portrays.

As with any trip to the US, even the shortest, there must be a stop at Target. It was our first destination after we picked up the travellers. While I do love a good Target run nothing compares to the amount of love Nathalie has for the bright red store. On the way in she told me all about a dream she once had where she flew to US city just to go to Target...

You should have heard the wonder/delight/happiness she expressed upon seeing a shelf of binders.

Zach was less enthusastic, not being a huge fan of big box stores and all, but I think he still had fun...

Nate and I on the other hand had a blast...We left Target 1 1/2 hours later with a little less money and a lot more stuff! By then it was lunch time and so I led the team on wild goose chase around Grand Forks looking for a restaurant Stacey and her family always went to when they visited. I got a little lost, but by golly was I determined to find the darn place, and I did. It's a drive-in called "The Kegs" and it is just like the old A&W drive-ups. You press a button and the waitress comes out to take your order and then she brings it out to you. It is awesome!Sloppy joes, grilled cheese sandwhiches, root beer everything, onion rings, coleslaw, milk shakes...mmhmm good!
Next time you're in Grand Forks you should definitely eat here, so yummy and so ridiculously fun!
After lunch we started off for home...but by then I had gotten a little cocky with my navigating skills. Which means we got a little lost, I made a few wrong turns and ended up at the air base. It wasn't a huge problem considering I knew if we just got going North we would eventually hit Canada. I did start to get a little worried when then the road turned to gravel and there was no signage about. I finally stopped an asked a toothless man how to get to Canada. He chuckled and gave us completely useless directions. So we drove a little while longer with no luck. And finally by some stroke of luck (more like Nate's ability to remember the dinky little towns we passed by on the way down to Grand Forks) we found our way back to the highway. We were so estatic to see this sign...
By then our tired travellers were even more worn out. So Nate and I cranked the country tunes and snapped pictures of them to bide the time while we made our way to the border...
Duty-free was a whole 'nother story...let me just say that we definately did our part in adding to one US border guard's list of stories about not-so-smart Canadians. I was pretty pumped to be back in the homeland. The trip was a blast...but there is nothing like good ol' Canada.

Here are the photos taken in response to Nate's question "How do you feel about being back in Canada?"We made it back 3 hours after the original e.t.a. Pretty good, considering we (I) got a little lost, eh?