The Detroit Airport

I got off my Rochester to Detroit flight and walked out the long tunnel. Everyone was walking to the underground tunnle from concourse B to concourse A. You had to take a moving side walk and then take the escalator down and then through the tunnle and then back up again. As I was nearing the moving sidewalk the gentlemen in front of me dropped his jacket. I picked it up and caught up with him and gave it back. He was extremely thankful! He shook my hand and introduced himself to me as we kept walking. He was making a video for his youth kids and asked me a question for his video, which was pretty cool. He told me that he was a youth pastor from Ft. Knox, KY up here for a big meeting in which a bunch of people were going to be planning summer camps all over the united states! I explained where I was from and what church I go to and how I'm involved. I even told him about the top ten question series (that's to you craig!) We had a good conversation! We both reached concourse A and there was this giant fountain... well more like spraying thing. There were about 30 streams of water and they would shoot archs of water at different times and in different patterns. I took out my camera and started taking pictures and he asked if I was into photography, which I am, and told me that his wife did a lot of that. We talked about that a little bit and then I told him I had a site. We traded information (Website for his business card) and then shook hands and went our seperate ways.

I then went to find out where my flight was because it didn't say what gate I was taking off from on my ticket. After I found my gate I memorized the surroundings so I could get to it again and then I began my 4 hour exploration of the airport. I started off by walking from one end to the other and then I took the train back and forth a couple of times. I got hungry and found a small pizza place. After eating there I was tempted to get something from starbucks, but since I never have anything from there I didn't know what to order. I went back to the center of the airpirt where that fountain thing was and watched some airplanes take off.

There was a lounge area there so I took out my book and found a comfertable chair in the corner. After abou a chapter I put it down and hid my back pack behind the chair and fell asleep. I woke up an hour and a 1/2 later and everything had changed! Everyone that was sitting in the chairs before had transformed into different people, the airport was super crowded and there was a lady sitting right next to me. I wiped the sleep form my eyes and tried to get myself focused. I picked up my back pack and then went to look for some ice cream. I got some at Mc Donnalds and then went and road on the train again.


I met my grand-parents at 4:30 at our gate a half hour later. After saying hello they said they wanted some ice cream so I diected them to a TCBY that I found earlier and we had ice cream... and I had it again! :D

We then headed back to our gate and waited till we boarded. We then got in line and the security guy was randomly checking bags and he decided to pick my back pack. So I had to undo all the twisty ties that I had on my zippers and he looked through everything. Then I scanned my ticked and walked on board!

The airport was a lot easier then I thought it was going to be. IT was just one long concourse and I was able to find everything really easily! I never had any trouble and felt great the whole time! The only thing that I had a little trouble with was just my back pack being uncomfertable to carry after 3 hours!

My adventure continues with.... The flight to Frankfurt! :)