We left Windsor on Saturday night with our driver and assistant picking us up at the appointed time. After a nice dinner in Detroit, we were dropped off at the Weston Hotel on the airport grounds. We wanted to be close to the airport to avoid delays.
The next morning we sailed through customs without a problem although Orange level was in effect. Boarded the plane on time. After about 30 minutes in the air (for a trip that takes about an hour) the pilot announces that we are circling over Grand Rapids and will not have enough fuel to stay in the air. We were 19th in the priority list to land. Seems that thunderstorms over Chicago held up traffic. We landed in Fort Wayne refuelled and waited 45 minutes. we finally arrived in Chicago 4 hours after taking off from Detroit and about 90 minutes after our flight to China left. There is only 1 flight a day.
Needless to say we needed to rebook and were going to miss part of the China tour. We ended up staying the night in a Chicago hotel with only our backpacks. We did manage to get on the flight the next morning.....
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