"It seemed like the trip that would never end."
Sunday morning after we dropped off our luggage at our hotel, we took a city bus to a shopping mall. Some of us just had to get some clean clothes to wear.
After checking in to our rooms in the afternoon and getting a shower, we headed into Manhattan to see Times Square and Rockefeller Plaza. What a contrast for us. Wasn't it just a few days ago that we were sitting with grandma outside here small, thatched-roof home in 90 degree sun, and now we were looking at the lights of Times Square as the snow fell on us.
Monday morning we had a great breakfast provided by the hotel in our 7th floor lounge. As the day went on our flights to Michigan continued to be delayed. At 6 PM we moved out of the hotel and back to the airport. (In the time it took us to be shuttled to the airport the flight was delayed another 40 minutes.)
Wait...wait...wait.
Finally they canceled our flight to Grand Rapids. We were making plans for another night in New York. A couple of us approached a ticket counter to get the details, when we were told that we had been booked to Detroit. (At least this was in the right direction and our home state.)
In Detroit we were moved onto a bus and 50 of us now (all stranded passengers) were driven to the Grand Rapids Airport. Through the work of Ro Beals and Dwayne Dryer we were able to secure a church van to take us home. Thanks to Jason Kehrer for picking us up at 1:30 AM, Tuesday morning and taking us home. Total delay time: 33 hours.
Sunday morning after we dropped off our luggage at our hotel, we took a city bus to a shopping mall. Some of us just had to get some clean clothes to wear.
After checking in to our rooms in the afternoon and getting a shower, we headed into Manhattan to see Times Square and Rockefeller Plaza. What a contrast for us. Wasn't it just a few days ago that we were sitting with grandma outside here small, thatched-roof home in 90 degree sun, and now we were looking at the lights of Times Square as the snow fell on us.
Monday morning we had a great breakfast provided by the hotel in our 7th floor lounge. As the day went on our flights to Michigan continued to be delayed. At 6 PM we moved out of the hotel and back to the airport. (In the time it took us to be shuttled to the airport the flight was delayed another 40 minutes.)
Wait...wait...wait.
Finally they canceled our flight to Grand Rapids. We were making plans for another night in New York. A couple of us approached a ticket counter to get the details, when we were told that we had been booked to Detroit. (At least this was in the right direction and our home state.)
In Detroit we were moved onto a bus and 50 of us now (all stranded passengers) were driven to the Grand Rapids Airport. Through the work of Ro Beals and Dwayne Dryer we were able to secure a church van to take us home. Thanks to Jason Kehrer for picking us up at 1:30 AM, Tuesday morning and taking us home. Total delay time: 33 hours.
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