Taking the ferry was a good idea on paper, but in practice some of us get a lot more seasick than we expect in a fully-enclosed vehicle on the open ocean. So: would not recommend, welcome back to the United States, us. But it did cut a lot of miles off the drive. [211 mi]. After that, we had a very nice lunch at an Asian-themed Portland place called the Honey Paw, and then drove back to Boston (no map of the latter, since i didn't take any more photos)
after a long wait in the "tall vehicles" lane, we are about to actually get on the ferry |
boats in Yarmouth Bay, from the ferry |
Yarmouth Bay, from the ferry |
the lot where we waited to get on the ferry |
Yarmouth |
Nova Scotia, from the ferry |
last view of Nova Scotia |
the vast undifferentiated ocean ahead |
the vast ocean behind, differentiated only by our wake |
several hours later, the ocean is still vast and undifferentiated, but at least the sky looks better |
land! |
this fender would pretty much destroy a 40-foot sailboat |
our wake threatens Portland |
the ferry's bumper has a little notch on it |
i think the ramp is going to attach there |
probably one cleat can hold this entire ferry, i dunno |
here comes the ramp |
after lunch, we see the ferry on its way back |