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A Mother’s Day Flight

Posted by hansley | 28th June 2009

I have missed the ferry to Saltspring Island. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I am running out of time to make the trip worth while, but ridden with guilt, I am determined to still get there. If I wait until the next ferry the day will be almost over.

I call Saltspring Air, a seaplane company that flies between Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island and Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver (as well as Vancouver International Airport in Richmond). They have a flight at 11:20 from the Coal Harbour location. It is 10:55 and I have to cross downtown Vancouver. The friendly voice on the other end asks me what time I think I could be there. “Well…,” I ponder. “Probably about 11:19.”

She laughs and tells me they can hold the plane for five extra minutes if I need it. I give her my credit card information, hang up the phone and scramble to get there in time.

By the time I arrive at the harbour, my watch says 11:18. I run, as directed, around the back of the Westin Bayshore Hotel to docks. The

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