On any trip to Huntsville, there’s one thing guaranteed to be on the top of the travel itinerary….”EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!”

On previous trips to Huntsville, half the team’s bags haven’t shown up…the arena has hosted a monster truck show (and EVERYTHING was covered in dirt)…a circus has been held at the VBC (and the in-zone circles were off center…in fact, the one ran into the wall)…and the Zamboni has run over the puck.

On this particular trip to “The Hunt” there was a rather big storm from Memphis to Huntsville. Because of the storm, we were late leaving Minneapolis…which meant we were late getting to Memphis. So late, in fact, that the plane left without us. It’s a 50 passenger plane…and 26 passengers (the BSU travel party) weren’t on the flight. Why would they leave without half the passengers? I don’t have a clue.

So, Delta Airlines decides to get us a bus. They didn’t realize how many people there were…nor did they realize that a hockey team travels with that much stuff.

This is the size bus they got us…

Does that thing look like it will fit 26 people and 50 bags?

Nope…it didnt’! So, Delta got us a 15 passenger van too. All the bags went on that…and the players went on the little bus.

Now, don’t forget that it’s raining…HARD! The 2 hour drive turned into almost a five hour drive. By the time we got to Huntsville, it was nearly 10pm…and we were STARVING!

Dreamland BBQ never tasted so good!