Warning! Call off the dogs, hold the phone, and cancel the marching band. Put down your Aunt Judy’s world-famous potato salad, folks. We are about to take a whimsical, humorous journey on Allegiant Airline from...get this...Billings to Plattsburgh International Airport. Herds of travelers buzz with glee at the mention, I assure you.

For the unadventurous lot, Billings to Plattsburgh is certainly not the usual Miami to Vegas kind of route. It's a never-heard-before culinary route where the street cuisine changes from Rocky Mountain Oysters in Montana to Michigan Dogs in Plattsburgh. Brace yourself; there are no real dogs nor oysters involved in this gastro journey. Perhaps Allegiant is broadening our culinary horizons, or maybe it is pushing us passengers off the deep end for its own amusement. Who knows?

One of the grand mysteries of our time is why Allegiant Airlines has turned to such off-the-beaten-path routes like Billings and Plattsburgh. My theory is that management clumped a bunch of pins at a map, blindfolded, and this was the outcome. Bet they laughed all the way to the break room for some Billings coffee or Plattsburgh Macaroons, symbolic of the very route they invented that day. At the very least, they gave us a conversation starter. Who else on planet Earth would be taking this one-off flight? Don’t all raise your hands at once.

Imagine the scene when you utter to your friends, "I am flying Allegiant airline from Billings to Plattsburgh International Airport". They will look at you as if you were narrating a scene from 'The Hangover'. Don't be alarmed, it's merely their inferiority complex acting up because they are not part of our exclusive Billings-Plattsburgh club.

But let's set aside the humor for a moment to assure the nervous folks. Yes, you will absolutely get to Plattsburgh after Billings. Granted, you might be transformed in immeasurable ways by the experience, possibly even sprouting a pair of wings after tasting the adventures of Billings and Plattsburgh, but isn’t that part of the thrill?

Whatever your reasons for this, er...unique choice, we give you a salute, a toast or a pat on the back, brave travelers of the Allegiant Airlines. For while landing in the likes of Los Angeles or Miami would be grand and all, it can't quite compete with the allure of Plattsburgh International. The pulse of Plattsburgh, with its one solitary carousel for the whole airport, it's like the little engine that could. We root for the underdog; we cheer for the almost unrecognized

So here's a toast to Allegiant Airlines for thinking outside the box. For daring to fly routes that give the average adventurer a heart palpitation. And to you, dear traveler, kudos for embarking on this uncommon journey. One day, you will recount tales of this wild adventure to your grandkids, how you emerged victoriously at the Plattsburgh International Airport, holding your bag of Michigan Dogs, a quirk in your eye and a smirk on your lips.