Chuck and I flew into Minnesota out of Toronto this morning. We are visiting the Mall of America, and it’s amazing!
In Toronto, I couldn’t believe how long we were taxiing to our runway. I thought we were going to have to refuel when we got there! We passed some other cute planes on the way:
We hit some yucky weather when we arrived:
In Minnesota, we taxied past some Air Force aircraft on the way to the apron:
After checking into our hotel, we took the shuttle across the street to the mall. I was really looking forward to the ACES Flight Simulator. We headed there first and I joined three other people for the pre-flight instructional video. We then went into our individual flight simulators. We had headsets on so we could talk to each other and the “instructor.” I chose to fly the P51 Mustang (from World War II). We started the simulators in the air, so I didn’t have the pleasure of taking off. I decided to try shooting down my fellow simulators right of the bat. Unfortunately, my guns were disabled – bummer. I let the staff guy know and he restarted my program to fix my weapons. He then set me up for a full out dog fight. Over 30 minutes, I was pretty sure I shot down three other planes. When the simulation was over, I was surprised to hear I took down six! The staff guy said that was really good. It was a real rush and I may go back tomorrow.
After the simulator, we wandered over to the food court for some lunch. As you can see from this picture, I was totally enthused about my massive salad:
The mall has a huge amusement park:
We ended up making a few really nice purchases. We visited the Rockport store so Chuck could buy some new shoes. We both noticed an amazing purse behind the counter. Our sales-personage, Saroeum, brought the purse down off the shelf, and handed it over. I felt guilty about buying it, but Chuck let me know that he didn’t share my feelings! Here it is:
Isn’t it great?! So unique looking!
Today’s symptoms: I cannot believe how long I made it today! The fatigue wasn’t too bad. I had the crushing pains in my hand again today, but not as bad as the last few days.
Lizzy McFly 