Showing posts with label Ferry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ferry. Show all posts

August 21, 2015 Ferry from Whidbey Island to Port Townsend, Washington

And here we are, on yet another ferry ride!  This was a short one, only 40 minutes, from Whidbey Island over to Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula.




Enlarge this picture, and you will see that our camper on the right is about inch away from
the rear-view mirror on the motorhome on the left.  Bubba might've gotten us a bit close!
(this was in the waiting line for the ferry)
The ferry captain veered to the left and back, and we wondered why.
Here's why:  a pod of orca whales!
Another first for us, seeing them!

July 27, 2014 Ferry to Newfoundland

This is by far the biggest ship I've been on yet!  Three decks for vehicles, three decks for people.  Rooms can be rented, recliners can be reserved, full size restaurant, coffee shop, souvenir shop.  Amazing!  The crossing took six hours, in perfect weather.  We both spent time up on the "sun deck" just watching the ocean.  We also took a nap (or two!) on Deck 8 in the general seating. There were some gentlemen around us making loud snoring noises which was highly amusing to some children nearby....  never a dull moment!  When we arrived at Newfoundland, the captain finessed that huge ship (655 ft. long, 88 ft. wide) into a perfect three-pointer around a small island, and backed into the very narrow dock.  I was quite impressed!  

Details:  In line by 9:00 a.m., boarding began at 11:30, departed shortly after noon, $396.44 for two people and our 50 ft. rig.

Into the belly of the boat, a line of campers boarding.

Deck 3.  wow.....
Can you see the Bullet with the bikes on the back?

The ferry.

Passing a sister ship.  Both honked their horns....

The Blue Puttees even has a helicopter pad! 

Deck 5.  Mostly trucks.
While parked and waiting to board, the seagulls really
enjoyed visiting the blue tarp on top of the middle truck....

The sun deck was popular for people who get sleepy in the sun.

Coming in to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.

Port aux Basques.

The big ferry backed neatly into that little tiny slip....

Sorry about that radio antenna...

And this is what greeted us at our first campground in Newfoundland....
Sweet!




July 23, 2014 Ferry ride from PEI to Nova Scotia

Today we left the Prince Edward Island and took a ferry back to Nova Scotia.  It was a medium-size ferry and a 45-minute trip.  They even had live entertainment!  I spent the whole time up top with the wind in my face, which is where I love to be.  Looked for whales, seals, dolphins, but saw none.....

Hoy!  We are first in line, in the camper section!

Leaving PEI.

Cute guy!

Gorgeous day for sailing!

Have any of you read, or seen, "The Life of Pi"?
That's what I thought of when seeing these lifeboats.....

Cormorants, just hanging around....

Our live entertainment.
I swear, they sounded like they were straight from Mulates!
They even played Jolie Blonde, no kidding!

Our sister ferry, headed the other way.

August 11, 2013 Ferry trip and Victoria, BC, Canada

Today we got up at 5:45 a.m. so we (just us, no vehicle) could be on the ferry Coho for the 8:15 trip across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Victoria, Canada - a great 90 min. ferry ride!  While on board, we arranged a bus ride to The Butchart Gardens and back (another post).  Got back to Victoria about 4:30 and walked around the harbor and the downtown, shopped a bit, and had a good meal on the patio of a restaurant near the harbor.  Watched our ferry come back into the harbor, so we ambled over there and hopped back on for the 7:30 p.m. trip back to Port Angeles, WA.  Didn't get home to our camper until 9:45, which means we were whupped!  But what a wonderful day!

Vehicles are in the belly of the boat. 

It was dark and ominous in the direction of Victoria....
But the weather cleared into a gorgeous sunny day.

The Coho was built in 1959.

Look at the size of that hawser!!!
The harbor taxi welcome!
The ferry Coho in the Victoria Harbor.
The Victoria Harbor.
The Empress Victoria.  A bit pricey, eh?

Modern art in downtown Victoria.
Totem.

Orca whale in flowers.
The Parliament Building.  Victoria is the capital of British Columbia, Canada.

Detail on top of the Parliament Building:  the stag and the ram.
Sunset at Victoria.  Seaplanes at your service.

Sunset on the Strait.

Ghostly cruise ship departing for the Pacific.