Phew!

Rob and I are back home in Denver after about a week in New York for my sister’s bridal shower and to see my parents’ new house. Though the time we spent in NY was a ton of fun, the whole getting there and getting back to Colorado was not fun at all.


On our way to New York, our connecting flight out of Chicago was cancelled, so we ended up spending the night in the airport. Chicago was having some really bad weather, and almost every flight was either cancelled or severely delayed. It was not a place filled with happy campers!

Comfortable?

It was pretty cold and we got minimal sleep, but we kicked off our “morning” (6 am) with mimosas and bloody marys.

"Morning" happy hour

Luckily, my sisters were using all their resources and electronic devices to find us a different flight to get on the next morning. The airline we flew couldn’t offer us anything until Satruday! (We were supposed to land on Wednesday night.) Without them, Rob and I would have spent most of our vacation in Chicago.

Trying to keep warm

On our way to Denver, we had to land in Fort Collins since DIA closed due to storms. This is a pretty routine thing, happening 4-5 times a week according to the TSA guy we chatted with. However, on our descend into Fort Collins, we hit a 100 foot drop without warning and two of the stewardesses, who weren’t yet seated and buckled, hit their heads on the ceiling. It was really scary and since Rob and I were sitting in the very last row, we were extremely worried about them but couldn’t do anything to help.

Deboarding for the busses

After they were taken to the hospital for neck injuries and possible concussions, the plane couldn’t fly to Denver.

Taking the flight attendants to the hospital

Instead, we waited around about 3 hours for charter busses to drive everyone to DIA. The frustrating part about this was we were so close to Denver, yet so far. The airline wouldn’t let us take our checked luggage and go because it was a security issue. We finally crashed in our own bed at 3 am.

Finally getting our luggage

Anyway, enough complaining. After sleeping in this morning, the day has been spent getting caught up on emails, house chores, and general life. I’ll be back later this week with all the fun things we did while in New York!

RQ: Have you ever spent the night in an airport? What is the worst turbulence you have been through?

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