I'm thinking about going but not 100% certain yet.

I've never done a VCF before so I'm curious what it is like. On the other hand, it's a bit of a drive for me and I expect I'll only be there a couple hours on Sat if I do go.

I wish I could go Sunday to see Ken and Roberta Williams but I am busy that day.

Hmmmm too long a drive without local co-conspirators, expensive and 2 hours longer by train, direct hop by Porter Airways.. wow, I'd have to buy an Apple 1 hand soldered by Woz to make the difference vs buying on eBay. Yeah I know it's not just about the fleamarket part, just hyperbole about how not cheap the flight is, can get halfway round the world for half that. Hah, just checked bus all the way, it's a bring two packed meals and a sleeping pillow deally.

So yeah, pretty definite no, maybe not in Montreal ever unless transport options change.

I am hoping they put one squarely in the middle of Ontario next year, there was a questionaire about it a while back.

edit: flight pricing seemed so whack I just had to have a little screw with it.... apparently what I have to do is book a trip to Newfoundland for $200 cheaper, accidentally get off the plane in Ottawa and take bus into Montreal 🤣

BitWrangler wrote on 2026-11-05, 19:08:

So yeah, pretty definite no, maybe not in Montreal ever unless transport options change.

Don't worry, all you have to do is wait until Alto is in service. Then you'll have no excuse. 😀

darry wrote on 2026-11-05, 05:16:

I'm going. It would be nice to meet one or more of you nice folks in person.

I wasn't even aware that it was on the way until I saw your thread a with a few days to spare. By that time, it was too late to re-arrange the schedule or budget. If I'm lucky, I might get there one year before they stop holding the Montreal events. I never did get to NAD before those went extinct, so it might be the same here.

What did you think of the experience? Was it worth the trip and/or cost?

640K!enough wrote on Today, 09:59:

BitWrangler wrote on 2026-11-05, 19:08:

So yeah, pretty definite no, maybe not in Montreal ever unless transport options change.

Don't worry, all you have to do is wait until Alto is in service. Then you'll have no excuse. 😀

Hmm, still in environmental consultation phase apparently, so that's like 20 years away, based on the typical 5 years round the courts, spade in the ground, 5 years round the courts redux, 3 years "construction" where all that seems to happen is a bulldozed strip, 5 years hiatus to raise more funding because it's overbudget already, last 2 years actually getting it done.