Flying to Detroit.

I've been away for a week and had a fully packed schedule the whole time!  I took my computer with me to Detroit thinking that I might find a couple of minutes each day to blog or at least check in but I never seemed to have any time when I was alone to even take my computer out of my suitcase.  I am now back in Japan.

I took the bus to the airport on November 1st rather than have Tetsu drive me there.  It is a three hour trip to the airport and as we now have John to think about, I decided it was easier for all of us if I just said goodbye at the bus stop.  I was still coughing from the cold I had caught earlier in the week and decided to be very Japanese and wear a mask on the airplane to keep from spreading germs and also to ease throat dryness from the cabin air.  This is probably the only time you will see me wearing a mask...

 Flying direct to Detroit on Delta!

I arrived at the airport quite a bit ahead of schedule and went up to the airport viewing deck to watch the planes take off and land.

I found it fascinating to see if I could time my pictures just as the planes passed me and headed into the sunlight and it took me a good 7 or 8 tries (like an hours' worth of photographing) to get the timing right.  There is a wide variation of where the pilots begin lifting off the tarmac and the angle of the ascent into the sky.

I had an evening flight out and spent 12 hours in the air...

 ...finally arriving in Detroit Metropolitan Airport. 

A very easy (and long) flight. 

Not long after I arrived Leiya pulled in to the airport loading zone.  My Michigan adventure had begun!