November 2009

Things You Learn On A Ferry Trip!

Things you learn on a Wednesday evening ferry trip!

You know things aren't right when...

... you hear your ferry is canceled when you're already half way there.
... your alternative ferry terminal, Horseshoe Bay, is so windy that you don't leave your vehicle to go to the bathroom.
... you find out your 5:00 pm ferry is the last one to leave for Vancouver Island.
... the swells are so bad that you don't feel like eating dinner.
... the Captain says we will be making a hard turn and that we need to sit down, hold on, and brace ourselves - and then concludes gravely, "Here we go!"
... while he is saying this, you're in a toilet stall with your pants down.
... you quickly pull your pants up [unrelieved] and hold on to the walls of the stall.
... you go to the bathroom quickly, waiting for the big Poseidon wave that... thankfully never hits.
... grown but panicked men are asking the crew, "Is this normal?"
... the passengers clap with gratitude when we hear the Captain's address at the end of the ferry trip.
... there are hardly any other vehicles on the highway from Nanaimo to Victoria (because only idiots would be driving in a storm).
.... another storm is coming the following night, when we are coming home.

Wonderful.