Might be easiest to do a timeline again. It does take a whole lot of time to get there and to get home…..
All times are Eastern
4 am – On the plane, heading from Kahului to LAX.
The big question at the airport is how TSA will react to Matthew’s new acquisition, the walking stick. We did not check it (wouldn’t fit in any of the luggage) and think that checking it really wasn’t the best option. Told Matthew in line to not make any attempts to hide it; figure that if an agent saw it they would pull us aside and tell us before we got all the way up to the scanners.
A couple behind us expresses doubt about it to us; they checked the one they bought. I figure it’s just like a cane and people bring those onboard all the time.
Cpher notes that one of the signs says “No Clubs”…
Turns out there isn’t a problem; walking stick goes through x-ray machine; nobody says anything. Fits in overhead on way to LAX; flight attendant puts it in closet for trip to DTW.
The other interesting thing was that Delta lost our seats; in the end they rediscovered them AND moved the two frequent flyer seats up into Economy Comfort so, while an annoyance for a while, it turned out to be a good thing.
9 am – Land at LAX.
1:15 pm – Leave LAX. Three of us, Fric, Frac, and Dad. All five of us volunteered but they only needed two, so, Suzanne and Kevin stayed behind.
These two weren’t even awake for take-off. Zonked. Cpher woke up after an hour but Matthew slept through almost half the flight.
5:15 pm – Land in DTW. Surprisingly, realize that Kevin and Suzanne haven’t left LAX yet…they were supposed to be three hours behind but they now have mechanical delays.
7:30 pm – Arrive home with boys. Suzanne and Kevin in air but delay has screwed up the plan to take a flight from DTW to Lansing and now they are renting a car (one-way) for $60 when they arrive at 11:30 pm. I’ll be seeking reimbursement from Delta for this (should be a no brainer, they were going to put the two of them up in a hotel).
11:30 pm – Suzanne and Kevin land
1 am on Wednesday – Suzanne and Kevin arrive home
