I survived the trip to Minnesota, somehow.
I was initially very apprehensive about returning to Minnesota. After being gone from a place from an extended amount of time, it is natural to plot a dramatic entrance.

But reality often looks very different.

Despite the awful weather and shady Delta checking agents, it was actually a fun and productive work trip.
The flight from Dallas and Minneapolis was wonderfully short and empty. I did not have anyone sitting next to me, but instead received the gift of seven toddlers behind me.

This is why they invented on-flight cocktails, and Starbucks!

A shot of the Texas countryside from my Delta flight to Minnesota.

The wintry landscape in lower Minnesota.

So grateful for the Starbucks on this Delta flight.
I did Minnesota in style.
Our annual Account Management meeting was at the Radisson Blu, a swank new hotel attached to Mall of America.