Saturday June 26, 2016

Part of the joy of travel is that we have lots of unexpected adventures. We got an early start with this on our way to the airport. We left at 4 pm which gave us two hours to get to the car park - the average time it takes to get to Detroit. What we didn't know was that there was construction, lots of it,  between home and the car park. We got bogged down in a construction zone for 30 minutes which was complicated by a huge motor home broken down in the only available lane for traffic.

We thought it would be clear sailing after that but it wasn't to be. The exit that we needed to switch highways was closed and thanks to the amazing signage, we missed the one and only sign with the detour instructions. We spent the next hour trying to get back on the highway. Every exit we tried to use to access the highway was closed. We did get to see the lovely town of Novi, MI which had an interesting connection the next day.

Arriving at the car park 1 1/2 hours late was starting to increase the anxiety as we were told to be at the airport three hours ahead of our flight. The entire check-in process was an abosolute breeze! There were very few people at the check-in gate, we were blessed with precheck so security was a breeze, and the terminal we were in was virtually empty. We had a nice supper about 8 pm and was suppose to board at 9:30.

The plane was pulled out of a hanger and for some strange reason it had been put away without being cleaned. So we had to wait until it could be cleaned. We took off about 11 pm. I fell asleep almost instantly - sleeping pills really help with that. Dave got a sleep eye mask and actually wore it all night. No picture but it was cute. :)