Epic Success.

Well I'm back from Minnesota.

We video logged some of the trip, there might be an appearance of one or two of the videos on here some day. Maybe the one of me dancing to Cupid Shuffle? Maybe not. Anyway, here is a little recap of the trip:

The trip was an epic success. Minnesota is a pretty cool city, the layout is perfect for their transit system they have. The train runs from one of the city to outside in suburbs, it was also easy to use which made it nice. The Metrodome where the Vikings currently play and where the Twins (use to play) was pretty cool, we kind of invited ourselves into the place. It was weird seeing the dome completely empty but it was neat to actually go inside.

One of the nights we were on our way to a pizza place and we were so lost that even a homeless person realized it. He came over to us and asked us if where we wanted to go, we told him and hoped he would just kind of go away...nope, he decided to walk us to the destination. When he said, lets go this way I have a shortcut, we got a little nervous. Everything turned out fine, he was actually a really nice guy, it was just a little sketchy.

We went to Target field, where the Twins will be playing baseball this year. It's a brand new, outdoor stadium. Even though we couldn't get inside, it looked beautiful from the outside. They had a really nice pro shop, obliviously brand new with a lot of cool gear..still couldn't bring myself to buy any Minnesota Twins apparel.

Mall of America was absolutely ridiculous. We spent four hours in there and probably didn't even see half of the stores. 4 stories of stores, it's like Kenwood Mall times six or seven..you have to see it to believe it.

I went to my first ever NBA game, Raptors vs. Timberwolves. While it wasn't necessarily a marquee matchup in most eyes, it was still very enjoyable for our group. Since we really didn't have a preference of who won, we were rooting for both teams; so yes...our team won! The atmosphere was completely different than any basketball game I've ever been to before. I'm not saying that was a bad thing, it was actually great, just different.

We were there two hours prior to tip-off to get the full experience. About an hour before the game started, someone knocked over a table full of computers which got the attention of all the security officer and ushers. That was a perfect diversion for me to sneak down to the first row, and on to the court while the players were talking and warming up. I sat down on the bench, a couple seats over were Johnny Flynn and Demar DeRozan talking away...pretty cool if you ask me.

We're doing a similar thing next year, actually pretty much the exact same, just different city. Early considerations for next year are Memphis and Charlotte, we'll see. what happens.

Minnesota..

That is the Truth.