I had a wonderful time in Chicago. Sadly, my last memory of the city was a not a great one. I was flying Delta out of Chicago’s Midway Airport. Rough weather was hitting the Northeast causing a significant flight delay out of New York’s LaGuardia airport. That’s where my plane was coming from.

Instead of leaving at 18:55, we didn’t leave until 22:30. The plane ride was only 90 minutes to Atlanta, but Atlanta is one hour ahead of Chicago. We exited the terminal at 1:30 in the morning. There were no more flights leaving to Orlando at that hour. Instead of sleeping in the terminal, I got a hotel room for the night.