Detroit update

I traveled to Detroit last week for a 4-day training class on operating a new analysis software that we’re purchasing at work. We flew out of Charlotte on Sunday afternoon, hopped to Atlanta to change planes, then on to Detroit. After claiming the rental car we drove to the Novi/Northville area for a late dinner and a very much appreciated motel room since it had been a long day. I was still fighting a cold which didn’t help. I met up with a friend of mine on Tuesday evening, I’ve “known” him (corresponded, swapped parts and reference material) for almost 15 years but we had never actually met face to face until now. That was enjoyable.

The trip back home was rather eventful. We cut things a bit too close on our final day of training and everything stacked up against us getting to the airport on time. Road construction, traffic, the shuttle from the rental car lot to the terminal all involved delays and we missed our flight home by about 5 minutes. We got on the next flight two hours later, the flight went smoothly and we were in Charlotte ahead of schedule but when we arrived my co worker discovered that his handgun (properly declared and checked, locked inside a TSA approved metal box) had been stolen at some point along the way. We had to deal with baggage claims for that, then when we finally got back to the long term parking lot his car wouldn’t start! We had to call for service to jump us off to get home. After a day like that I was very happy the weekend was uneventful!