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Post by Esquimalt Queen on Apr 18, 2008 12:17:45 GMT -8
If you are picking me up from the Nanaimo greyhound bus depot, is that going to give enough time to make it for the 11am sailing?
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Post by Mike C on Apr 18, 2008 17:22:12 GMT -8
Yeah, you're right... hmm... if we got the 12 pm sailing from Buckley Bay, I don't think that gives us enough time to get to the terminal if we go via Hornby. 45 minutes is just too short of a time span considering traffic & lights...
but just keep in mind, that coming from Buckley Bay to Comox, the old highway is faster.
Also, for lunch, there is a Tim Hortons at the following locations: -Ryan Road (just west of Back Road) (on way to ferry terminal) -Anderton @ Lerwick
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 18, 2008 20:24:26 GMT -8
I have a feeling we probably wouldn't make the 11:00am. That's pretty tight, considering we drive off the Ferry at 10:15am, and then I have to meet Queen of Esquimalt at the Greyhound Bus depot in Nanaimo. So that would really give me about half an hour to get to Buckley Bay from the heart of Downtown Nanaimo. But if I remember correctly from previous trips, it should take about 1hr, 10mins to get to Little River from Departure Bay. Buckley Bay was at the 45 minute point I believe. So I seriously believe we'd be able to make it to Little River in about half an hour. So if we still want to do the Denman/Hornby part of the journey (which is really the reason why we wanted to buy sailpasses in the first part). So here's what we would have to do: 9:50am - Doug, Retro, and Cadmunkey driving out of Duke Point 10:10am - Doug, Retro, and Cadmunkey arriving in Downtown Nanaimo. The mainlanders on the Coastal Renaissance will be touching the dock at Departure Bay. 10:20am - Myself, and Mill Bay pick up Queen of Esquimalt at the Greyhound bus depot 10:30am - Hopefully all of us would be on Sugarloaf mountain, positioned to get photos of the Coastal Renaissance leave the Bay 10:45am - We grab something to eat to hold us off until the Queen of Tsawwassen? 11:45am - Arrive at Buckley Bay 12:10pm - Depart Buckley Bay on the MV Kahloke 12:20pm - arrive on Denman Island 12:45pm - assuming we'd be able to connect on to this sailing of the MV Tachek to Hornby 1:00pm - return sailing to Denman Island on the MV Tachek 1:40pm - assuming we'd be able to make this connection to return to Buckley Bay 1:50pm - back on the road to Comox. 2:20pm - getting close or arriving at Little River? 3:15pm - sailing to Powell River **I confirmed our booking at the Motel this afternoon. There was some confusion on their end, as they had though we were coming today . I don't know how they would confuse the evening of the 19th with the evening of the 18th with a large amount of emphasism . But I sorted it out, and have managed to get a 4th room as well. Though the sleeping arrangement is still up in the air for that room, as they were concerned about not having another room with two beds. So I told them if they can't get a room with two beds, to just get a room with one bed, and then put a cot in that room if at all possible. Hopefully this works out. *** Nanaimo folksI'd like to confirm the location of the Greyhound Bus depot in Nanaimo. Google shows it being near the ol' Tally Ho Motel, across from where the old Civic Arena used to be. Is this correct?
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Apr 18, 2008 21:28:38 GMT -8
I might go to Duke Point if the weather is bad on the upper levels highway. I will check in the morning to make sure.
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 19, 2008 5:18:21 GMT -8
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Apr 19, 2008 5:33:05 GMT -8
I will make my decision once we get to HSB. GENTLEMEN! BRING YOUR LAPTOPS!
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Post by Mike C on Apr 19, 2008 5:49:00 GMT -8
OK, guys, I was suggesting to Political Incorectness that we opt for the Sunshine Coast if snow is bad.
There is a sailing from HSB at 9:20 to Langdale that we may want to take into consideration if Nanaimo is not an option.
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Post by Shane on Apr 19, 2008 7:41:57 GMT -8
Im probably going to join in on this. Don't worry, the snow isnt bad at all, like 1-2 cm, just a dusting.
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Post by Curtis on Apr 19, 2008 7:57:09 GMT -8
Okay, I'm about an Hour away from heading for the bus for the Queen of Tsawwassen. Everything for me should go as planned. I got Money put on my BCF Experience Card so I'm set for the day. See you guys later at Little River! [edit]P.S. I'll Look About the Same as I Did at the Nanaimo Open House.[/edit] [update=9:51]Okay then I'm heading for the Bus now.[/update]
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Apr 19, 2008 21:27:01 GMT -8
Well we have had one heck of a trip. (At least on my end) In Everett, snow was coming down like crazy. By the time we got past Marysvile, it was blue sky with clouds and clear. Heading through Delta, the snow came down again and on the shoulder of highway 17. We will get some more detailed.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 19, 2008 21:43:27 GMT -8
I'm hoping that you all got to Powell River, safe & sound. I wish you a great part-2 of your trip, for Sunday.
Chris: sounds like you did lots of good work organizing this trip: good on you!
And Ms. Queen of Esquimalt: I will meet you someday on a group-trip, I hope. I'm glad to see you taking part in these recent trips.
This Queen of Tsawwassen "farewell tour" is lasting quite a long time, with various "last chance" trips already done. But as we've seen with the Esquimalt (the ship, not the lady), eventually the end really does come....with no more chances for one last trip.
Enjoy the ChillyWhack on Sunday. Let me know if you see any passenger storage lockers.
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 19, 2008 22:24:35 GMT -8
Good evening, everyone!
Reporting in from the Westview Center Motel at the moment. Everybody (Ship rider, Queen of Esquimalt, Mill Bay, Scott, Karl, Retro, Doug, Cadmunkey, Political Correctness) is hanging out in my Motel Room tonight. It's a Ferrygeek central here at the moment, with all of our laptops, cameras, and ferry item collections.
What a day!!!!!!!!!!
This morning, I woke up to Dan phoning me just after 6:00am as I was waking up, to notify me of the massive snow dump in Nanaimo. I tried to assess the amount of accumulation with webcams, and I figured maybe 4-6 inches. I was keeping in touch with the group via phone calls for the early morning, to confirm plans. The Coastal Renaissance didn't arrive at Horseshoe Bay until 8:25pm, 20 mins late. The upper car deck wasn't used on the initial sailing, so the snow hadn't been cleared off the ends of the upper car deck. But we got to be placed up on to the upper car deck, which was freshly shovelled on the Horseshoe Bay end just as we were about to load. We proceeded up to the passenger decks, to find Deck 5 closed off, except for the TV lounge, which alot of the travelling public didn't notice. Trying to get up to Deck 7 was a bit difficult, as the ONLY access up there was to go up to Deck 6, and take either the staircase out of the Coastal Cafe, or Sitka Lounge. Once we finally made it up there, there was only a narrow path that was shovelled through the snow to wander the sun deck. Eventually we pulled into Departure Bay at 10:10am (remember, she didn't arrive at Horseshoe Bay until 8:25am for the 8:30am sailing).
At this point we were in contact with the Route 30 travellers, and told them to meet us at the ex Tally Ho Motel, where the Greyhound Bus Depot is. This is where we picked up Queen of Esquimalt, as she came up from Victoria on the bus. With the amount of snow on the ground, and the ploughs were only starting to get a handle of the snow on the highway. So we decided to make our way to Buckley Bay, seeming we had an hour and a half to make it up there. We were out of the snow once we passed through Qualicum Beach, the roads were dry by this point, and the clouds were breaking apart. We arrived at Buckley Bay in an hours time, so we had a half an hour to kill until the Kahloke arrived. To kill the time, we watched her cross the channel, and had a good look at the Klitsa.
We boarded the K barge just after noon, and it wasn't long before we were on our way. This crossing was uneventful, and was happy to arrive at Denman Island. Denman Island was a bit of a surprise to me, compared to other Gulf Islands, having more of an agriculture theme, compared to dozens of cottages in small villages. After a 10 minute drive to the East side of the Island, which felt like 30 mins, with how anxious we were to get on to the Tachek. Once we arrived, I had to confirm with the terminal attendant that we were doing a round trip, and that we all had sailpasses. It was pretty funny to find out that he didn't even know what a Sailpass, so I had to explain what it was. A person in the lineup overheard what I was telling the attendant, and invited us all to his vineyard on the Island. While I acknowledged we appreciatd the offer, but we had a tight schedule to follow.
The 10 minute jump over to Hornby went by fast. But I had to explain to the deckhands of what we were doing once again. It worked out fine, and we were on our way back to Denman Island. But we had a surprise once the Tachek turned around to head to Denman. We heard a voice from the background saying "Hey, would you guys like to come up to the bridge?". We agreed of course! The crew on the bridge were really friendly to talk to, and were very interested in our group and what we were doing. A crew member said he recognized me from a previous trip on board the Alberni, as I had my large binder of ferry items with me. We got to watch the docking from up on the bridge as we did the powerslide into the dock.
Again, we did the mad dash across Denman Island to get back on to the Kahloke. Once we were on board, it was one of those trips where we wanted to get it over with faster, so we could get up to Comox. We were able to take the Scenic route to Little River, and made it there in about 45 mins from Buckley Bay. By this point, it was about 2:30pm, and from previous experience on this route, we had thought for sure that with the lack of traffic waiting to board the ship, we wouldnt board until 3:00pm. So we wandered down the beach, thinking we had time to spare. Once we were positioned on the beach directly behind the vessel, we looked back as we were taking photos to see cars starting to board. There was some cussing, and we all sprinted back to the terminal through the gravel beach, which was tiring to walk through to begin with. Us drivers made it to the cars back in time at least, but the passengers were left behind on the beach. I watched Doug arrive at his vehicle just as the car ahead of him started to pull ahead. My lane started to move once I got in my car too. The passengers were able to board without issue once the cars finished loading. Surprisingly, the platform decks were used, but the main deck wasn't even full.
The first Tsawwassen voyage for us so far was alright, but we spent most of it in the cafeteria. Queen of Esquimalt tried to get a deckhands attention to get us up on the bridge. She flashed her tattoo, and before we knew it, we were friends with all of the crew members in the cafeteria. Even an engineer came up and saw the Queen of Esquimalt tattoo. The deckhand tried to get us up on the bridge, but had no luck. We had a really good chat with the deckhand for the rest of the trip, telling her all about our group and trips. She even went to the trouble to find us a piece of carpet we could take home. No luck, but we were amazed that she would go through the trouble. Anyways, we have a good word in for ourselves tomorrow morning to hopefully get us in the bridge. Just before we docked at Powell River, the deckhand and engineer came up to us again, wondering if we would do them a favour. They had ordered food at a restaurant in Westview, but they wouldn't deliver to the Ferry. So we were asked to pick up the order and bring it back to the Ferry.
Eventually we checked into the Motel, and then headed back to the terminal to get on to the North Island Princess. The second we arrived onboard, Ship rider asked a deckhand to see if we could get up on the bridge. We were told to wait until we were 10 minutes out of Powell River. By this point, we were given an announcement over the PA to come on up. But some other passengers snuck up with us too, which made it quite overcrowded, so there had to be a limit of 6 people up there at a time. We had really caught the attention of the public, and had multiple people approach us asking questions. On the way back, we were the only people onboard. But a crew member came down and talked to us as we were on our way back to Powell River in the waves.
We arrive in Powell River once again, this time feeling hungry. So we drove around town looking for a place to eat. Eventually we were satisfied, and then made our way back down to the terminal to watch the Tsawwassen arrive in the sunset. Scott and Karl were flashing their cameras at us from the Ferry as we were standing on the pier. It was our welcoming signal. Once the ship unloaded, Karl and Scott and drove off the Ferry, NewFlyer walked on to head for his summer cottage in Little River.
So here we are, having a massive Ferry debate, showing off all of our Ferry collections.
Tomorrow morning, we catch the 8:10am sailing to Comox to have breakfast. Then return on the 10:10am. Then we'll grab our stuff from the Motel, and head down the Coast.
Pictures will follow later!
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Post by Curtis on Apr 20, 2008 0:27:03 GMT -8
What a Day! I only just got home an hour ago. And I've got lots of ground to cover. The day started with myself heading for the Bus this morning out to the mall. Then after a quick look-around at Wal-Mart and a stop for a Caramel Macchiato at Starbucks I made my way down to Westview Terminal or WFT as I abbreviated it. After the NIP left on it's 11:10 sailing I went and bought my ticket for Comox and the fun began. After a few photos of the Tsawwassen arriving I boarded her with my camera in hand and filmed myself going around the ship. I'll hopefully have that up on YouTube soon. Going up the stairwell I passed some crew members, one said "Uh-Oh its the Paparazzi." and to that I replied "Watch out, there's gonna be more later." By the time we left Westview I had taken a good number of photos. I would then sit down for a Bacon Cheeseburger...They accidentally gave me a Mushroom Cheeseburger, Oh well I like mushrooms to, just put some bacon on it. After that I took a photo of my Ferry Meal. After I had eaten and dashed outside once or twice to take some pics of the NIP we eventually arrived at Little River. Before disembarking the vessel for the next hour-and-a-half I decided to take some pics of the interior completely empty taking shots in many different spots. That would continue while I was waiting for the last cars to roll off the car deck. So from there came A long wait, I decided to take a long walk on the beach since I had the time (Not like the later incident) bunches of photos were taken and then I made my way back to the terminal. From here I would walk around the parking lot and then entertain myself by playing Mario Kart on my Nintendo DS. Then as I finished in 1st place on the Star Cup I decided to go pay my fare for the ride back. It just so happened Doug, Brett(Cadmunkey), and Graham (Retro) had just Arrived so after getting everything in order we then made our way along the beach. Graham of course taking pictures of the Tsawwassen along the beach just as I did previously only Graham probably did it in much more detail. Then Chris, Mikey (NewFlyer), Dan (Political Incorrectness), Ernie (Mill Bay), and Donella (Queen of Esquimalt) arrived. I think that's everybody. So then we started chatting and then Graham pointed out that the Tsawwassen was on her side, at that point we realized she was loading, "$#!+!!!!!" after much exhausting running, we boarded. So this time around was quite different, much of the time during the departure from Little River was spent by myself trying to get a recording of the Queen of Tsawwassen's PA Announcement, it probably drained my battery to very low. Otherwise the whole time was chatting in the cafeteria and checking things out such as one of the seats having Duct Tape on it, apparently it was broken. I then decided to get some Split Pea Soup in a Styrofoam coffee cup, I think something in it tasted a bit rubbery. So we get off the ship. Deliver the Crew their food from the Thai-dal Zone and then eventually got aboard the NIP. Upon boarding I arranged with the crew member, I think his name was Bernie to go up to the bridge. So we got up on the bridge and that was really the only eventful thing on the sailing over. Then there was the Lull, The brief time we were in Blubber Bay. We loaded a total of 1 Truck and a few foots and we were off again where a long discussion of many different things happened. So then we got off the NIP and after stops at A&W and Subway. we would return to Westview Terminal again. And guess who Pulled a Graham out on the closed off wharf area, You guessed it, Cadmunkey?? Hey don't you remember the West Coast Ferries Code of Conduct we made up 5 Minutes Ago? Only Graham can pull a Graham. They would spend most of their time there and we had a photo shoot of the Tsawwassen Coming in. Although at this point my Camera Battery Died so my photo escapades were done. As the Tsawwassen came in we saw the flashes of two Cameras, You Guessed it, Scott and Karl. Scott and Karl would proceed off and Mikey would get on. I think he almost had the Tsawwassen totally to himself except for about 3 People and the crew. So then we went back to the Motel rooms and we had a fun time. Checking out BC Ferries Memorabilia, watching videos on Youtube that make you laugh your head off, Checking out different Ferry Related Stuff, and talking till my Dad came to pick me up. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that Donella likes my BCF Dogwood hat to the point that she might steal it from me. So now I'm here typing down this long post. And Yes, I'm Still Up in the Air about going on the Chilliwack Tomorrow. It's going to be a game-time decision. This has been Curtis (Ship-Rider) Typing this and to you I say, Good Night. (From here I walk over to my bed and dive into it for some much needed sleep)
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 20, 2008 7:00:32 GMT -8
Thanks for your reports, Chris & Curtis. Good reading.
I had the jealous feeling when I was reading your travel-reports. It sounds like this might be the "great gathering of the ferry nerds" for 2008, or perhaps for all-time?
Well at least you didn't miss the lack of air conditioning at the Motel this time, unlike August 2006.
I look forward to the rest of your stories, and the pictures.
PS: Is CadMunkey wearing his cowboy hat, or his ear-flap toque? Just curious......
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Post by Mike C on Apr 20, 2008 15:29:22 GMT -8
Alrighty... Multi-day guy reporting back at Home.... The only thing I can really cover is the trip from my bed to my washroom, and the trip by myself on the Tsawwassen at 8:45. The crew members catered to me quite nicely, bringing me my food instead of me carrying it across the cafeteria to pay for it. Thank you morning & evening crew of the QoTSA if you're out there - best crews ever! Pictures from Day 1 here: Snow on the Coastal RenaissanceCoastal InspirationCrew of the TachekYe Olde Dogwood CarpetFerrygeek Convoy (exc. Doug) at the Little River Esso
Queen of Tsawwassen, Little River
Graham pulling a Graham
Queen of Tsawwassen, departing Powell River
North Island Princess
North Island Princess, arriving
Sunset...
Guess who's back, back again...
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Well Day 2 started out with me booking it down the beach at 6 am while watching cars being loaded on the QoTSA, just like yesterday's incident, described above... I managed to get on without a problem, on a beautiful morning voayge.
We arrived on-time at Powell River (yes, very amazing) and everyone (Graham (Retro), Karl, Scott, Donella (The Queen of Esquimalt), Chris, Dan (Political Incorectness) and his mom, Doug, Cad, and Mill Bay - anyone I did not mention, my deepest appologies) got on the ship without nay troubles. We managed to score a tour of the bridge, closely followed by a tour of the engine room (this was in return for a favour that we did for them, which involved money, walking and thai food.). Unfortunatley, myself and Dan had to part early to drive down the island to catch the 12:45 Queen of Alberni.
The Story ends there, unfortunatley - here are some photos from today. The others are on the Sunshine Coast as I speak.
Bow, taken from the bridge
Crew of the Queen of Tsawwassen (for some reason, our crew keeps getting transfered between ships...)
The crew moves into the engineering department
Stack & Mast
Taken from the end of my street, up in Comox
Queen of Cowichan
PS: Cadmunkey was wearing the cowboy hat... apparently common attire in Chilliwack..
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 20, 2008 20:10:49 GMT -8
Alright, reporting from home base now. NewFlyer did a great job explaining this mornings adventure. So I'll continue from where he left off with the Tsawwassen. Trip #3 on the Tsawwassen this weekend was spent in the mid ship lounge, watching Ferry videos, and viewing photos on Scotts laptop. We were still excited from our engine room tour which was pretty spectacular. The Captain came down and watched our videos and photos for about 15 mins as well. Once we arrived back in Westview, we packed up our things, and headed for the A&W for lunch. We tried to kill as much time as possible there, but we got anxious and headed for Saltery Bay. We had over an hour to kill at the terminal, so we did a little bit of wandering around, to try and get some photos of the Queen of Chilliwack during the crew change layover. Around 3:00pm we boarded the Queen of Chilliwack, and immediately went to the Chief Stewards office, to try and ask permission for a bridge tour. We were given the OK, but weren't able to go up until 15 mins into the voyage. For the entire weekend, I was warning the members who hadn't experienced the Chilliwack vibrations. So they were asking me when they were going to start feeling them. I told them to just wait and see, and they did. The vibrations were just as noticeable in the bridge, as it was in the passenger lounges. It was interesting to note that she likes to veer off course, so the crew member handling the RADS was constantly turning them almost 45 degrees every 5 seconds to keep her going straight. This caused alot of rocking back and forth for most of the voyage. But was interesting to witness from up on the bridge. Just before we made the final turn into Earls Cove, we headed back downstairs to grab a quick bite to eat before the 1.5 hour drive to Langdale. For the trip down highway 101 on the Coast, we were riding with all of the Ferry traffic, so we were in the middle of a train of cars. Eventually we pulled into Langdale at about 5:30pm, to find out the Surrey was running 15 mins late. So what did we try and do? "Lets try and get a quick tour of the Queen of Esquimalt!".....(the ship, not the lady ). The terminal attendent we talked to about this was very nice to talk to, but politely told us to go up to the terminal office and ask. So we did, but we were given a phone number to call, to try and arrange a later date. The Queen of Surrey pulled in around 6:15pm, and we were on our way around 6:40pm, with a full load of cars and trucks. We made good time getting to Horseshoe Bay as usual, as an attempt to make up lost time. We touched the dock around 7:10pm, where we said our goodbyes. Scott, Karl, Queen of Esquimalt will be on the Coastal Renaissance right now, on their way to Nanaimo. Meanwhile, Doug, Retro, Cadmunkey, and Mill Bay are probably still on their way home. To finish the trip off, I'd like to thank everyone who attended, for coming along! I'd also like to thank the huge amount of crew members who were patient, and friendly with us while we were in their workplace. They seriously made this trip worthwhile, and I thank you. Stay tuned for photos in the Photos section of the forum
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Post by Doug on Apr 20, 2008 20:29:37 GMT -8
OK, the beast has arrived at home port. "Thank you for sailing with Doug". As I can't really compete with Chris's summary of the trip, all I can say is it was [shadow=red,left,300]AWESOME x104[/shadow]
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Apr 20, 2008 21:05:37 GMT -8
After you guys were done in the engine room, I had at least B-lined it all the way to Duke Point by around 11:30 or so. The sailing was about 12% full with half of lane 18 full for standbys and part of the reserved line full but it was less than the first crosswalk. There was still quite a bit of snow at Duke Point in the middle of lanes 11-14. I did the good old browse around watching the Coquitlam head to Departure Bay. Also got to see the barge called the Quinsam go into Descano Bay before the Queen of Alberni arrived at an interesting angle where she approached the berth as if she was going to go on then all of a sudden turning to starboard and into the berth. I must say for car deck space, she was rather cramped. Regardless, the voyage was unvenetful until some dumb pleasure boat veered into the path. Did the five short horn blast twice just to get em out of the way. Mike and I parted ways until we decided to wait for the 17 light and Mike's dad gave a friendly honk heading toward Ladner Trunk Road. That is when we parted ways.
Otherwise, Chris's log does it.
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 20, 2008 21:13:05 GMT -8
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Post by Quatchi on Apr 20, 2008 21:55:29 GMT -8
PS: Is CadMunkey wearing his cowboy hat, or his ear-flap toque? Just curious...... I was wearing both, I have found that the Cowboy hat doesn't work to well on the ferry. I switched back and forth a few times based on how cold I was and weather we were on a ferry or not. This was the ultimate ferry nerd trip ever for me. Although I wouldn't want to do it again for a few years. I don't know if I'm just tired, if the fumes in the engine room on the QoTsa, or if that Chilli-dog on the Chilli-Wack is getting to me but I seem to be wobbly and am bobbling around. ;D Cheers,
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Post by coastal on Apr 21, 2008 0:31:55 GMT -8
Hi Guys & Gal , We really enjoyed meeting all of you ,the engineer says so too. I'm so happy you got the full tour the next morning, sorry we couldn't do it. Thank You All so much for going out of your way & getting our dinner! it tasted especially good !!! I was pleased when I read that you had a great sailing in the "am". Told you it be be good, didn't I? Anyways, don't forget to visit us on the Queen of Burnaby .Guess I'm a ferry nerd too eh? Oh well , I don't think that's a bad thing. Take care all & smooth sailings.
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 21, 2008 12:39:18 GMT -8
PS: Is CadMunkey wearing his cowboy hat, or his ear-flap toque? Just curious...... I was wearing both, I have found that the Cowboy hat doesn't work to well on the ferry. I switched back and forth a few times based on how cold I was and weather we were on a ferry or not. This was the ultimate ferry nerd trip ever for me. Although I wouldn't want to do it again for a few years. I don't know if I'm just tired, if the fumes in the engine room on the QoTsa, or if that Chilli-dog on the Chilli-Wack is getting to me but I seem to be wobbly and am bobbling around. ;D Cheers, Cadmunkey, you aren't the only one wobbly and hobbling around. That sounds like a genuine ferry hangover as Flugel Horn originally diagnosed it for me after my first ever forum trip. I can barely sit in a chair right now without feeling I'm in motion, let alone walking. (Ferries combined with an ongoing health problem affecting my vertigo makes it all the more fun at the end of a long trip.) I have to say, this was a phenomenal trip, but the mention of Cadmunkey's hat reminds me that there is no more iconic image of this trip than you sitting in the back of Doug's car wearing that hat ;D.
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Post by Mike C on Apr 21, 2008 14:50:15 GMT -8
laying in bed last night I felt like I was still rocking back and forth on the Queen of Tsawwassen at 9:45 at night...
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Post by Mike C on Apr 21, 2008 15:09:03 GMT -8
Sorry for the double-post... Hi Guys & Gal , We really enjoyed meeting all of you ,the engineer says so too. I'm so happy you got the full tour the next morning, sorry we couldn't do it. Thank You All so much for going out of your way & getting our dinner! it tasted especially good !!! I was pleased when I read that you had a great sailing in the "am". Told you it be be good, didn't I? Anyways, don't forget to visit us on the Queen of Burnaby .Guess I'm a ferry nerd too eh? Oh well , I don't think that's a bad thing. Take care all & smooth sailings. Hey Coastal, Thanks for everything! Your shift owns all! We appreciate you guys being so friendly and patient with us. Thanks espescially for putting in a good word to the morning crew. Oh, and your welcome of the Thai food. I think Graham kept the change... oh well. Sure beats a double decker burger or something, but at least those burgers are better than Triple-O's... but I'll save that rant for another day.
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Post by Esquimalt Queen on Apr 21, 2008 17:58:03 GMT -8
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