The Hyak is back Friday morning…
Posted July 30, 2010 at 9:52 am by Ian Byington
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).
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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.
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The Hyak couldn't run yesterday, and apparently that wasn't long enough to paint her, either....that's her, docked in Anacortes yesterday.
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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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