Billings or Bust....

today the majority of our group of 21 departed from Buffalo at 3pm to drive the first leg of our journey.... We are staying in Billings overnight - then taking early morning shuttles to the airport to catch our flights to Quito, Ecuador! Our ride to Billings was a bit of a rocky one, as our bus broke down alongside the road, and we spent about two hours roadside, hot and thirsty.... Thanks to the kindness of a stranger who brought cups of sweet tea and allowed us to linger on his property, we survived the inconvenience and then traveled the rest of the way to Billings in a borrowed bus. Now with all students accounted for and turning in for the night, we look forward to our painfully early morning tomorrow and our first flight from Billings to Minneapolis!