Wow. Triple Wow! What a fantastic trip! Thanks for sharing.
Not to steal your thunder, but I've just been writing my trip to NACAA in Melbourne at Easter and thinking how hard it is to get people to make the effort go to these kinds of social events. While I can't say I've met all that many famous people over the years (well, locally famous, at least) I've still been amazed at the people I have met and the friendships that have developed out of them. It repays the effort (and money) of getting to these events many times over.
Also, I can see I'm going to have to add a trip to Mt Wilson to my to-do list.
