Our flight out of Boston was right on time and a great success. Unfortunately, when we got to Chicago Midway we found that our flight had been cancelled. We luckily found out earlier than other travelers so we got right into the customer service line. The group was so patient and were incredibly well behaved as we waited in the airport. Huge shout out to Shelly, Tracey, Ron, Blair and Beth for keeping a watchful eye while Thom and I worked with EF and Southwest.
To make a long story short, our flight got cancelled due to “operations”. Southwest put us up in a hotel and offered food vouchers but food places were closed. Unfortunately there are no flights available for the next 3 days so we looked into other means of transportation. They could get us to St. Louis, but that doesn’t get us any closer so we opted not to do that. Amtrak was also sold out for the next three days.
At the hotel we found out that the vouchers we had weren’t actually reservations so we we had to split the kids and adults between two neighboring hotels. We got some late night pizza and headed to bed.
After 50+ calls from EF and us to various bus companies and calling all possible resources we are happy to report that we have a bus coming for us. Our bus company from KC actually contacted a friend bus company in Chicago and he was able to get us. Huge shout out to Lee and XOXXOX bus company out of Chicago!
The kids enjoyed McDonald’s for breakfast and were finally able to swim in a pool! One of the rooms was a suite so it was our other hang out room. The kids had fun his morning and are in great spirits!
Our bus arrived at about 12:45 and we hit the road once we switched drivers. We drove a bit before stopping for a late lunch at McDonalds and Arby’s. The students enjoyed the ice cream sundaes they earned for spotting and counting 100 Washington Monuments! We are on the last little leg our of our journey and should arrive back in Osceola around 8:00 tonight!
Check out the next blog post for a message from the students!
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