Pelican Rapids ---> Omaha, NE (435 miles)
Ahhh, finally the day has arrived. This day was more than a little hectic as I still needed to pack for the trip as I had gotten home very late the night before because of the Section Championship for Basketball. Fortunately, Mrs. Evenson who was my sixth and seventh hour teacher excused me to leave during seventh hour to pack and to get things ready.
The group was saddened to the loss of our oldest golf team member LaurelLee. She had been looking forward to this trip since Fall of '07. It was too bad that she got sick this week. Nevertheless, we departed on the longest leg of the journey, from Pelican Rapids to Omaha. We left a warmer than usual Pelican Rapids at about 4:30. The first 150 miles or so were quite uneventful to say the least. I mean, there isn't too much to see around Eastern North Dakota. Things got a little interesting when we saw a weather system moving in. Being as how flat everything was, it we could see the weather moving in from miles away. The rain came hard and it turned a downpour before long. Things were not looking good for a golf outing the next day. One of the coolest things of the night happened next though. In the distance to the West I could see the sun breaking through the clouds. The complete sun was on the horizon and if I wouldn't have been in one of the flattest states in the Union, I wouldn't have been able to see it. It was one of the coolest sunsets I've ever seen as it was a bright red and purple light through the fog. Interestingly enough though, as fast as the rain started, it suddenly stopped right before we got to Sioux Falls, SD. We would be picking up Andrew at Larry's Truck Plaza just south of Sioux Falls. Truck Plaza is a generous name. It was more like a gas station and an outhouse for a convenience store. Next, we looked for a “safer place than Larry's” to park Andrew's car. We found a K-Mart (easily better than the shady looking Larry's... I'm serious). Nearby we at our din din at the fine establishment of McDonalds. There was something odd about this McDonalds... something very odd indeed. In Andrew's words, “Is this the gender confused McDonalds?”. There were not one, not two, but three ladies with shorter hair than Andrew. I had some double cheeseburgers and a Shamrock Shake. :)
Back on the road there was nothing that was too exciting. Andrew joined my father and I in our truck and we caught up and talked about Kansas trips in the past. I enjoyed having another being in the car and my father enjoyed having someone in car to talk politics with. We stopped a real “Truck Plaza” for gas in Sioux City. I bought some Twizzlers there, and it was the best choice I made all trip. They were as soft as Twizzlers could be. Almost the consistency of pudding.
After a total of seven hours driving, we arrived in Omaha, home of the Quest Center(which will be hosting NCAA tournament games on Thursday and Saturday), Rosenblatt Stadium (home of the college world series), the Comfort Inn, and King Kong's Burgers and Fries. Checking into our rooms we were all exhausted as it was already 11:30 PM. After being disappointed by the wireless internet not working, I went to bed and found that even the littlest kid like Mitch Egge can still make a snore that rivals grown men.
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