• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Holiday travel weather was ideal Wednesday in North Dakota and South Dakota, but some air travelers were knocked off schedule by fog in Chicago that threatened to put a damper on the start of Thanksgiving.
• Robert Johnson, 63, was trying to get from North Dakota to Houston on Wednesday morning, but his first flight from Fargo to Chicago was delayed by the fog. His arrival to his hometown area was pushed back about five hours to 10 p.m.
• "I'm stuck for a while," Johnson said. "But I guess everyone will be happy to see my face."
• Johnson, who owns a cleaning service in Fargo, was relaxing in the airport cafeteria Wednesday morning after having breakfast. A native of Beaumont, Texas, he said he returns home twice a year. About 10 family members are expected for Thanksgiving.
• "I love ham. I'm not too much of a turkey person, but I will eat it," Johnson said. "I love the yams and the homemade cornbread and the rice dressing. That's what I'm after. I don't get that up here."
• Katelyn Weimerskirch, 18, a freshman at North Dakota State University, was hoping to get from Fargo to East Dubuque, Ill., on Wednesday. Her flight to Chicago was pushed back by fog, so she was spending the morning texting and talking with friends.
• " It's making me nervous that I am going to get stuck in Chicago," Weimerskirch said.
• "I am hoping that my original flight from Chicago to Dubuque, Iowa, is delayed as well," she said. "If not, I might have to take a bus from Chicago to Rockford, Ill., which means my parents would have to drive an hour and a half to pick me up."
• Weimerskirch, recruited by NDSU for track and field, is making her first trip home since starting school.
• "The weather is not doing me any favors," she said.
• Oriana Pasch, 21, of Grand Forks, was waiting in the Fargo airport Wednesday morning for a flight to Denver to have a combined Thanksgiving and Christmas celebration with her parents and sister. Her flight was on time.
• "I debated driving, I debated the bus, I debated trains," said Pasch, a full-time member of the Army National Guard. "Flying was the best deal."
• Pasch said her mother was planning a Thanksgiving menu to include orange

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