Scary stuff at the airport – Saturday

We took Kyle to the airport today and it was all pretty routine, well until the police dog came in.

Let me back up and tell you just what happened. Kyle got his tickets and after we said our good byes he was headed to go through security which is like normal stuff right? Well as we were leaving the ticket area we noticed a couple of police officers came in with a dog. OK, getting kinda weird now. Well what we found out was that in the same area that Kyle got his tickets, someone forgot their luggage. Yea, you know when they say if you see unattended luggage notify security? Well let’s just say that the whole security process works and someone notified security. And what happens when someone finds the unattended luggage is that after the dogs identify that it had a potential for explosives the whole terminal is evacuated! Holy Smokes! But luck was on Kyle’s side and he made it through security before they shut down the terminal for a couple of hours. Whew! We think he was probably the last one through the gates. He only had 45 minutes to catch his next flight in Chicago once he landed so I was glad that it all worked out for him. And for the explosive luggage? False alarm. But how would you like to be the person who had to go back and claim it after all that commotion? I think I would not do it and buy all new stuff. I’m just saying.

So on the way home we talked about stopping in at  Faribault Min. I’ve always wanted to go back to Faribault Mn. ever since I got misplaced on the way home from Minneapolis one time. It was when I was using the Garmin and I was by myself when I was on Interstate 35 and all of a sudden the voice said to take this next turn. Now even though it didn’t make any sense to me and the road for sure didn’t look like I should go onto it, well I did take it. Honestly it was a lot of peer pressure. The voice kept saying at the next exit take a right. And then in the next how many feet you need to turn right. Well I panicked and turned. Not the brightest thing I’ve ever done but honestly those Garmins are usually right. OK, so I’m going on this two lane highway and very scenic I must add, and then all of a sudden the voice comes on and says “in 8 miles make a U turn and turn around” WHAT? Dumb Garmin!! (I’m pretty sure I said something else at the time that I just might be inappropriate for this post) Well I knew that I was going south so I should be able to find my way home. And that’s how I ended up driving through Fairbault about 3 years ago and I’ve wanted to get back to check out what the town had to offer ever since. And I did eventually find my way back home that day. It was normally a 3 hour trip that took over 4 hours. Oh well, I don’t really mind getting misplaced because you always can find something new to see.

Well that brings me to this past Saturday. Once we left the airport, Daryl and I took Interstate 35 out of Minneapolis and headed south. And since it was still early and a nice day we decided to finally check out the town of Faribault. After going into a few of the stores and making a big purchase of $3.00 for a soap dish,  we went to find the Tilt-A-Whirl that was restored on the TV show American Restoration. See the Tilt-A-Whirl was started in this little town in 1926. I bet you didn’t know that this ride started here now did you? See what you can learn when you get misplaced? So this town raised money to have one of the cars refurbished and it’s on display on the Main street. Check it out What we found out was that this town has some great old buildings, good shopping, and some pretty darn good ice cream!