an excellent suggestion, cathy. i'm mostly worried about what seemed to me last yr as an excessive amount of highway construction necessitating detours etc. it was totally confusing to someone not at all familiar with the area. i did a map check today and seems like from detroit airport up to london is about 120miles/200km-ish. assuming i can drive at 55mph/100km then two hrs of drive time plus another hr for good measure each way ought to do it. i'll hopefully only need an hr or less there unless i consider stopping at lens mill for fabric, if i can find it that is, lol. then back to detroit. i'd love a personal navigator tho. anyone interested in a day trip to london. :)
i'm gonna play it by ear after i return to detroit airport. with the current situation re carry on stuff, i'll have to bus and/or train around the usa (stopping here, there, anywhere, lol) most likely til i get back to the west-coast for return flight from los angeles to nz. then i'll be begging them to understand that i have to carry this as its antique, glass and extremely fragile. i can not put it thru luggage. they wouldnt cover any damage on it that way either cuz of what it is. if they wont let me carry it, i will have to cancel my return flight and live at LAX til i figure out what else to do. i wonder when i'll actually get home...in time for xmas, hmmmm. cheers, jeanne