Tuesday 5th December 2006

With our early morning start (3.15am!) we arrived at the airport to absolute nothingness. Not a single airport person in sight so we collapsed on the couches and chatted with another passenger who was catching our flight until we were able to check in. It turned out the lad was actually a chef in the airport restaurant so after we checked in we headed to her restaurant for breakfast and much needed coffee (for Kylie!). We flew from San Francisco to Denver and both slept the whole way as our flight was very empty and we spread out across vacant seats to catch up on some much needed sleep! We arrived in Denver and waited approximately 45 minutes before catching our connecting flight to Pierre the Capital of South Dakota and then onto Brookings South Dakota. The plane was incredibly small and we were situated in the 9th row which also happened to the last row of the plane. Definitely an experience!

After arriving in Brookings we met with the Thomsens (Kylie's American Family) before going to Burger King for some much needed food! We caught up on all the happenings of the family and Katie met the rest of the Thomsen / Rue clan later that night at Supper (dinner). We played cards until late in the night when we headed to bed.