Day 8

Searching for some good photo fodder to make up for the Days Inn fiasco.

North of Nanaimo.

Ex-trees.

A bit north of Nanaimo.

Driftwood, low tide, and big sky. This is an HDR redo.

Figures on a beach.

Interesting driftwood.

Boundary conditions: land, sea, and sky.

Low Tide.

On a ferry leaving Victoria.

House boats.

Dock line... really thick stuff.

Even while under way, maintenance has got to be done. I wonder if they give this job to the new guys... I've heard that this is common... breass bells NEVER really get all that shiny and clean so you can really give the new guys hell over it no matter how well they do.

Some folks just can't resist that "I'm king of the world" stuff.

Looking over the bell and the forward winch at the ferry to the US.

Prepping the dock line for landing.

Almost done prepping that dock line.

That may be a Canadian flag, but this is the Washington port where the ferry from Victoria arrives.

Throwing the leader for the dock line.

On another ferry - this one across Puget Sound.

Pretty sky on Puget Sound.

More pretty sky on Puget Sound.

This ferry actually carried more cars than the one from Victoria to Washington.

I think these kids are ready to get off the ferry.

Looking toward Seattle from our hotel room.