Southwest Airlines Flight 2373

I just thought about this right now: In order to get home from watching two-​time-​gold-​medal-​winning (in the span of a month!) Canadian heartthrob Natalie Achonwa play some pro b-​ball, I chose Ontario International Airport. I realize that it’s called that because it’s in Ontario, California; but Ontario, California, was named after the 1832 Ontario Model Colony, which itself was founded by three Canadian brothers and named after their home province. And you know who else is from Ontario – Guelph, ON, to be exact? That’s right, our girl Natalie Achonwa.
The flight was only half-​full, which surprised me. They usually ferry out quite a few people in the morning from Ontario. About fifteen people on our flight were flying up just for the Dodgers-A’s game. Isn’t that cool? Flying to OAK, taking BART to OAK, walking to the coliseum, watching the game, and reversing the process? No need to step foot anywhere else. So elegant but so wasteful. And so L.A. and so not L.A. in so many ways.
I slept through most of the flight, except for the roughish landing. And I didn’t even have to wait at baggage claim! A true Oakland International first.