A young fellow I used to work with went to Orlando for Christmas a few years ago. Coming home, he flew from Orlando to Atlanta to Dallas to New York to Toronto to Calgary to here. (To be fair, weather may have been a factor.)
Every day, I see the contrails of jets flying between Toronto and Calgary - going right over my head. You have to go through Calgary to get to Toronto from here - 400 miles in the opposite direction.
I have a cousin who lives on Vancouver Island. His brother lives in Newfoundland. They couldn't get any further apart without getting their feet wet. A couple of years ago, they were both coming here for a family reunion - and they ran into each other at the Calgary airport.
"I've been to Moose Jaw, now I can die." -- John Wing