There was little traffic home. I've obviously entered a parallel universe. No loud announcements. The number of takeoffs is relatively low. Smoking is allowed in enclosed lounges.
Seats are comfortable.
Even better, nothing really important happened over the last two weeks of my intermitant travels. Okay, there was an earthquake, but all my machines and data survived, as well as house and office, and I don't write about quakes. Banff itself was incredibly beautiful. It's number one of my list of places to go back to after I see some other new locales. It was quiet up there, partly because of lack of snow, which kept a number of skiers away.