Yesterday (13th) was eventful; on arrival at Heathrow we were greeted by a Virgin rep who informed up that our flight had been moved to a smaller aircraft, and we were to be 'bumped'. We were presented with a number of choices (all beneficial!) and opted to take a flight that went via Detroit rather than New York. Better timings, and it meant 'feet down' in Michigan so ticking off another State.

Arrived in our overnight stopover hotel, exhausted after 21 hours since waking up in London.

This morning (14th) we will travel across Chicago to Union Station to catch the Amtrak to Denver.