I am a little irritated about the flight arrival and departure times that we have available for any flights that start or end in Detroit. Considering that the flight time is a bit over 9 hours (usually 10-11 hours with a flight change), I do not understand why there are not flights available at decent launch or landing times. Instead the launch times in Detroit are either ridiculously early in the morning or in the afternoon. One of the only ways to make practical start and end times for people dropping off or picking up the fliers (or to deal with rental cars) is to have extreme lay overs--something that is particularly rough with two children under the age of two. Seriously, these if these flights times could be adjusted by just a few hours, this wouldn't be such a problem.
That said, I'm still REALLY looking forward to this trip as it means hanging out with Katrina, Peter, and our grandbabies again. For me, that makes the travel times worth it.