{"id":134,"date":"2007-07-04T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T20:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/north-dakota\/thursday-6282007-the-long-road-to-dickinson\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:53:55","slug":"thursday-6282007-the-long-road-to-dickinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/north-dakota\/thursday-6282007-the-long-road-to-dickinson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Road to Dickinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">[View the entire Flickr photoset from this trip <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/queen_of_subtle\/sets\/72157600604340541\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!]<\/p>\n<p>We left Minnesota postwork on Thursday and headed north in the Dead Hooker. The Nodakia crew consisted of me, Matt, Cindi, Jumi, and Wendy. We were raucous. I have a video of Wendy laughing so hard she can&#8217;t see, which is bad considering she was driving.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at a few truck stops along the way, but for the most part made the 530-mile drive straight through. We pulled into Cindi&#8217;s parents&#8217; driveway close to 2am, and headed to our respective sleeping-spots as quickly as possible, after arranging Cindi&#8217;s stuffed animals in a creepy manner so she could cuddle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1023\/696193198_f0bc8fdee0.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" border=\"1\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matt and I got her sister&#8217;s old bed. It squeaked. We were careful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[View the entire Flickr photoset from this trip here!] We left Minnesota postwork on Thursday and headed north in the Dead Hooker. The Nodakia crew consisted of me, Matt, Cindi, Jumi, and Wendy. We were raucous. I have a video of Wendy laughing so hard she can&#8217;t see, which is bad considering she was driving. 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