Off to See My “Mummy”

Friday Oct. 29 — Not a good start to this trip. We were supposed to catch a United flight out of Columbia to Chicago, then Chicago to Amman Jordan with a connection to Cairo Egypt.

We arrived at the Columbia airport 1 1/2 hours early only to learn that our flight had been canceled due to mechanical problems.  Mickey and David, who we will be traveling with this trip, had already started trying to get a seat on an American flight that would leave at 5:30. Unfortunately that flight would not get to Chicago in time to catch our flight to Amman.  But we booked it anyway and then worked to get another flight on Saturday to Amman.  That messed with our connection to Cairo.

John was able to get us a room at the Hilton across from the airport terminal at O’Hara, so we are spending the night in Chicago.  That also means our Covid PCR test that is good for 72 hours will not work now so we will have to get another test.