A little detour

So I am cursed when I travel. Normally my luggage gets there a day late but this was a whole new experience. We had a lay over in Chicago and we got boarded on were setting on the plain. Well the flight attendant called, "Nielsen's party of
4." My thoughts are this cannot be good. She continued to tell us that they over booked the flight and since we were the last to check in we were getting bumped off of the flight. They gave us compensation, plus, breakfast and dinner plus our flight the next day. We thought this cannot be so bad. We had dinner at the hotel. The restaurant was Harry Carey's, I guess, he is a baseball comentator. The kids got their pictures in front of some jerseys.

Next morning we were off in hopes to Traverse City. Well we got on the plain in Chicago and the smoke detector went off and we had to head back to Chicago. Come on for real. When we get back to Chicago, I am getting a little worried because we are trying to make it to my neice Elliana's 1st bday party.

Well we get to Detroit, Michigan, we are so close at this point. The ticket agent explains that all flights into Traverse are sold out and we are not sure if we would even get into Traverse. We were on stand by all day. Gratefully, we made it that day and in time for the party. Though we were wearing yesterday's clothes and none of our own toiletries. It was worth it to be home.