Waterborne
If we kept you at all on the edge of your seat there, we apologize. We made it with no problem, both onto and off of the ferry yesterday, albeit with bated breath every time the key slid into the ignition. We think it might be a new fuel filter that we need (fingers crossed that it's not a pump we need instead), along with an overdue oil change.
The ferry was incredible. An entirely different way of travelling that rocked us out of our driving lull. We had gotten so used to perceiving the landscape around us in a certain way--contingent on roads and steering wheels and especially on land--that it was almost difficult to get used to being on the water, walking about, playing dominoes, drinking tea, all at the same time.
The highlights included seeing the sun set over the Pacific. We exited the Queen Charlotte Sound at almost exactly the time the sun descended and got to see it set over the Pacific horizon. Pretty amazing. We also got a particularly special treat when an orca breached just off the starboard side of the back of the boat (aft?), probably about 100 feet from us (this was somtime in the afternoon, when we were still well inside the Sound). We heard him before we saw him, and turned just in time to see his flirty little turn in the air and fatty splash back into the channel. He gave a wave of his dorsal fin and another of his tail and then submerged hautily and was gone. Other fun parts of the trip? We spent a fair amount of time standing around in mock amazement as all the rich old folk engaged in polite machismo about the lengths of their sailboats. We met a older man, who would only hint that he was older than 87 but didn't tell us his actual age,who has been retired 25 years and spends his time travelling around the world by himself, meeting people. We watched a nerdy German dude with a mustache and really big headphones try to pick up a young Swedish nymphette (so awkward, so touching!). More, of course, but we have to run...
More from Port Angeles or Seattle (and pictures, as soon as I can get the iBook running).
The ferry was incredible. An entirely different way of travelling that rocked us out of our driving lull. We had gotten so used to perceiving the landscape around us in a certain way--contingent on roads and steering wheels and especially on land--that it was almost difficult to get used to being on the water, walking about, playing dominoes, drinking tea, all at the same time.
The highlights included seeing the sun set over the Pacific. We exited the Queen Charlotte Sound at almost exactly the time the sun descended and got to see it set over the Pacific horizon. Pretty amazing. We also got a particularly special treat when an orca breached just off the starboard side of the back of the boat (aft?), probably about 100 feet from us (this was somtime in the afternoon, when we were still well inside the Sound). We heard him before we saw him, and turned just in time to see his flirty little turn in the air and fatty splash back into the channel. He gave a wave of his dorsal fin and another of his tail and then submerged hautily and was gone. Other fun parts of the trip? We spent a fair amount of time standing around in mock amazement as all the rich old folk engaged in polite machismo about the lengths of their sailboats. We met a older man, who would only hint that he was older than 87 but didn't tell us his actual age,who has been retired 25 years and spends his time travelling around the world by himself, meeting people. We watched a nerdy German dude with a mustache and really big headphones try to pick up a young Swedish nymphette (so awkward, so touching!). More, of course, but we have to run...
More from Port Angeles or Seattle (and pictures, as soon as I can get the iBook running).
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