The Hyak is back Friday morning…
Posted July 30, 2010 at 9:52 am by Ian Byington
Sunset through the fog as we pulled out of Anacortes last night....
Yesterday I needed to go to SeaTac to take Shay back to school in Boulder (he’s setting up his house & jobs & all that before Naropa starts in three weeks).
Ferry traffic director Anne keeps smiling throughout a morning of frustrated plans & ferry riders - she's so awesome. She makes everything feel like it's all gonna be all right... She should get a raise from WSF....
We got up, put the car in line for the 8 something ferry, and went to the Rocky Bay Café for a bite…and then found out the Hyak was broken down, which meant the next ferry was at 10:55.
You can tell the folks who live here from the visitors – locals just call & get a ride home or settle in to read or work at the coffeehouses & breakfast places. We settled into the homey atmosphere of the Bean with our ‘puters & got a bit of a productive day in…so it was good. The visitors settled in too, and explored town & there was a minimum of fuss about it all….
We made the flight anyway (yay!) and said goodbye till Christmas (which feels like a really long time away), and then I retraced the route to the ferry, which took three hours going through Seattle traffic to go the 99 miles to the ferry.
The Hyak couldn't run yesterday, and apparently that wasn't long enough to paint her, either....that's her, docked in Anacortes yesterday.
The fog rolled in at Anacortes i the yesterday's early evening, but that doesn't mean you can't play with your papa....
There, the day’s pileup from operating one ferry short really showed – the entire lot at Anacortes was full with folks who had been waiting much of the day to come visit or to go home.
I finally got on the boat at 8:30 or so, and made it home by 10pm. Long day for the ferry folks, I’m sure.
I hear the Hyak’s back this morning in the fog – good! Just in time for the weekend!
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