The flight back to the U.S. was an hour shorter than the one going to Hong Kong. Still, it was a 14-hour flight and I couldn’t wait to get off the plane when we landed at O’Hare. We stood in line for a half hour going through U.S. Immigration. It seemed like hours. Customs was a breeze. We caught the tram to the main terminal, had a Chicago Dog and a local brew, and caught our last flight that would take us to MSP. Mary and Gordie were waiting for us at the baggage claim, and we were home within an hour.
It truly was a trip of a lifetime! I never thought I’d go to China or Hong Kong until a few months ago. If you, Dear Reader, ever are considering a trip to the places I’ve written about here, I’d be so happy to talk you into it! I walked a total of 223,406 steps on our 12-day trip. (I had my pedometer!)
Much of my travel the past decade has been to visit Wyatt wherever he is living. So my thanks go to Wyatt for having lived in such cool places that I would probably never have visited: New York City, Maine, Florida, and now Asia. And thanks, Wyatt, for arranging the trip to Beijing, and showing us a very good time. Also, thanks to Gordie and Mary for the rides to and from the MSP airport. Thanks to my mom for doing kitty, dog and fish feedings every day while we were gone (and for everything else you did!). Thanks to Kathy for being on-call for animal chores. Thanks to you, Dear Reader, for reading my blog.
Most of all, thanks to Larry for going to Hong Kong and China with me. I love how open you are to new experiences. A gal couldn’t ask for a better travel companion.
