I retract nothing.

I flew back west yesterday, after once again winning the winter travel sweepstakes. Remember how I flew in during the blizzard of the year? Well, I flew out in a relatively rare pea soup fog (the pic here is from before it really thickened), which forced the cancellation of every single flight out of Ottawa, except for my flight and two others! My original flight was delayed, but that meant that I got to spend an extra few hours in Ottawa, and switch to the direct flight. A good deal by my reckoning.

The airport was completely deserted, but still managed to be in an uproar because the computer system had crashed, and they were checking us in manually. Because I had been switched flights, I also got the back seat in the plane, right by the bathroom. But I was happy with that, because I got my row to myself, extra leg room, a window, and easy access to said bathroom. I got a bit of company when we hit a patch of really rough turbulence, and the service personnel had to shelter in empty seats. That was good because they filled me in on all the airline gossip about the delays and so on. Undoubtedly the most annoying part of the flight was the yappy dog that had somhow been allowed aboard. It yapped for about the first hour, and then through the tubulence. If I'd been sitting next to it, I don't think I'd have been happy. We also experienced a medical emergency when they paged a doctor to come and care for the sick. In the end I arrived all of an hour late. So, I don't go back on what I said before leaving: winter travel is much more dynamic!