Welcome Home Cody!!!

Thursday 2nd August - Michigan

Happy Birthday Jess!

Thursday we headed over to Michigan and Cody's home turf. We had originally booked a flight from NYC to Detroit, MI, then Detroit to Flint, MI, but the flight to Detroit was cancelled, so we were moved to a Minneapolis flight, which meant we were going a few hundred miles west of Detroit then catching a flight back East to Flint. We could have done with parachutes really, which would have saved on both time and fuel. Whilst waiting at New York La Guardia airport we saw all the news reports about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. We were unable to see anything of it from the air when landing at Minneapolis but were seated next to a lady who owned a flat close to the bridge and she was still unsure whether she would be able to reach her home.

We had a very quick transfer at Minneapolis but, unfortunately, we had to run a fair distance from one gate to the other. This time we were on a tiny plane that could take around 50 passengers and we were able to see the ground and Lake Michigan (which was really like crossing the sea as you couldn't see the other side) for the entire journey. As we became closer to Flint I started to feel a bit emotional that I would be visiting the home of Cody for the first time. This is one exciting adventure for me but what makes it so special is that I am seeing it all with Cody.