Neil's Place

So I was at the Mozilla Summit in Whistler this year. Take note, it’s not a good idea to go on any kind of trip to somewhere that involves a two and a half hour bus ride a few days before you’re getting married. As everyone at the summit now knows, there was a large rockslide last night which blocked the only real road back to Vancouver (where the airport is). What was my first reaction to this? Panic! What was my second reaction? More panic!

The other longer route wasn’t a good option; it takes seven hours. Instead, Mozilla folks found a way to get me on a floatplane back. This is one of those tiny planes that lands on the water, and if I was in a movie, would be required to catch by jumping off a dock just as it takes off and hanging onto the pontoon. But since I’m not in a movie, I got a regular seat.

Here’s a picture of one of the planes. It isn’t the plane that I took but a different one waiting for a selection of the large contingent of stuck people.

I’d like to thank Dan and Mark for setting up the plane and for driving me out to the dock. I’m in Vancouver now and should have no problem getting to my wedding on time.

Oh, and here’s a picture of the rockslide which I took while we were flying over it.