The Flying Adventures Continue......

Finally arrived in Milwaukee Wednesday night around 9:30, got to the hotel and checking in by about 10:15. I was exhausted spending most of the day either in the airport or on a plane.

My class on Thursday was great. I am really glad I went again. Some repeat of the last time but alot of new information as well. Thursday night we were taken to dinner and it was really yummy. Of course by the third or fourth glass of wine what wouldn't be yummy.

Friday I awoke to rain and some snow showers but by lunch it had cleared. Class went by really fast and we got done by two instead of four. Cool, plenty of time to go back to hotel, get changed and off to the airport for my 6 pm flight. I'm on my way home and really looking forward to it.

I get to the airport around 3 with my book and settle back for a nice read until 6. This is going way to smooth. Well around 5:30 they announce that due to heavy winds in Detroit we will not be leaving until 6:40 but that all connecting flights will be fine. Okay no problem just alittle longer wait so keep reading. Then about 6:15 they annouce that they are pushing the flight to 7:40, the winds are really bad. Connecting flights will probably be missed so we should decide if we want to chance it. Just a FYI, Detroit is having ball tournaments and there won't be a hotel anywhere in case you need to spend the night. Great, just great!

So I call and find out that I the best I can do is get a flight out the next morning at 7 am and get to Roanoke by around noon. So after come crying (of course) on the phone with Chuck. Hey, what can I say, you guys know I am not the world traveler especially by myself. So I call the Pister Hotel downtown where I had stayed and they re-opened my reservation for another night. Great!

Now I proceed down to get my luggage back. Well it's already on the plane and of course it would be entirely too much trouble to get it off. Just leave it on the plane and it will be there tomorrow when you get home says the lady at the counter. Easy for you to say, you won't be staying in a hotel with nothing but what you have on.

I finally got back to the hotel around 9 and was able to get a toothbrush, tooth paste and a comb (I didn't even have a hair brush) from the hotel. I put water on my contacts (which worked - thank you God). Good news is I had a really sweet room at the hotel that night. It was a suite with everything of course all I could do is go to bed since I had to get up at 4:15 to catch my shuttle at 5:00 for the airport.

Well, got to the airport and when I checked in with my confirmation, it said my flight had already left. Talk about ready to explode. Somehow it was showing the 6 am flight vs my 7 am.

Finally got to Detroit, called Chuck for a nano second (my cell was going dead). Yes, my charger was also in my suitcase.

But as you can see, I FINALLY made it home and as usual have my wonderful flying memories to remember this trip.

So for a day and a half class I think I spent about 2 and half days in the airport.


Until next time,
Gayenelle