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Ferries, Trains and Cable Cars

November 30th, 2011 · No Comments


Ferry


Damien, Rachelle


Looking back at Sausalito


Another view from the ferry


…. and we’re off!

After hanging out in Sausalito, Dallas and Billy drove home while Ging, Damien and I took the ferry to San Francisco. Damien loves all forms of transportation – train, boat, airplane, cable car – probably because his mom specializes in transportation and traffic management! Oh, except the car. He hates his car seat (“Ouchie, too tight!” haha).


Golden Gate Bridge


Golden Gate Bridge


Golden Gate Bridge


San Francisco


Alcatraz Island


Pulling into the Port of San Francisco


Bay Bridge

The ferry is a passenger ferry (no cars like the ferries I took around Seattle and Maine) and goes from Sausalito across the bay to San Francisco. Damien was super excited to ride on “the big boat”! Ging said they’d never taken the ferry before, so I was glad to do something they hadn’t done 100 times.


Ferry Building


Boccalone – I liked their tagline, “Tasty Salted Pig Parts”


Blue Bottle Coffee


Latte from Blue Bottle Coffee

The ferry we took is also a commuter ferry on weekdays for people who live in Sausalito and work in San Francisco, or vice versa. On the San Francisco side you get out by the Ferry Building, which has an awesome high-end marketplace. It would be so nice to get out here and grab dinner or flowers or coffee or whatever every day. So nice, and so broke. I happened to see Blue Bottle Coffee, which I knew from Steve is all the rage in San Francisco these days. The line was obnoxious, but Ging wanted to get Damien some Caio Bella sorbet anyway, so I gave it a whirl. I got a latte and a decaf latte for Ging (and the baby!). They were so delicious! I also grabbed 2 bags of whole-bean coffee for home.


The Embarcadero


Ferry Building


Occupy San Francisco

Ging and I had a loose plan to walk up to Telegraph Hill to check out the wild parrots, but it was getting late.. and dark. We ended up just walking along The Embarcadero for a bit then taking the cable car (Damien’s favorite after airplanes) back to the Ferry Building where we got on the BART train (Damien’s favorite after cable cars) back out to the East Bay. Oh, and before the BART ride we passed through Occupy San Francisco, which Ging said has been very peaceful, organized, self-sustaining and clean. No run-ins with police like in other cities.

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The Night on Peaks

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments


Peaks Island View Towards Portland

Rob met up with us at the ferry landing and we went to check into The Inn at Peaks Island. One problem, we weren’t registered there! Not to worry, the place we were staying was The Peaks Island House and was so close that the guy working registration at The Inn walked us over The Peaks Island House. To give you an idea, The Inn has 6 rooms and The Peaks Island House has 5 and those are all of the places to stay on the entire island. The Inn seemed a bit nicer than The Peaks Island House, but latter had a way better view. Our room looked right out onto Casco Bay, whereas The Inn was across the street.

After we got checked in we walked over to Colleen and Rob’s house to check it out. Most things on Peaks Island are walkable. Cars are allowed on the island, but many people just have golf carts and bikes. Some of Rob and Colleen’s family and friends were at the house. We had a few drinks and then walked over to The Inn and had a few more. After that we called it a night. Long day!

The ferry to Peaks Island and the island itself reminded Ging and I of Orcas Island, part of the San Juan Islands out in Washington. We’d both visited, though not together. The only thing is that Orcas is much bigger and much more populated than Peaks. I heard that Peaks is only like 2 miles across and Orcas is 57 square miles. Also, Peaks population is about 800 year-round residents, swelling to 5,000 in the summer, where Orcas has about 4,500 residents, not sure how many in the summer. On Orcas there were many boutiques and shops and grocery stores, things to do, places to eat and rooms to stay. On Peaks there are the two inns with 11 rooms total, each of them had a restaurant. There was a coffee shop, a breakfast place, one general store, one souvenir shop, maybe a few other small businesses and that’s it. Most of the island is private residences and conserved land.

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Ferry From Portland to Peaks Island

August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment


Portland Ferry Dock


Nice Boats & Houses


Billy


Rachelle & Dallas


Ging & Billy


Dallas & Sarah


Hawaii Boys, Dallas & Billy


Colleen & Sarah


Ferry in the Sunset


Dallas, Sarah, Ging, Colleen


Peaks Island


Peaks Island

While sitting in Portland, Maine drinking beer and eating lobster outside was nice, Billy, Ging, Dallas and I ultimately were going to Peaks Island. This is where our friends Rob and Colleen live and where we’d be staying. Killian and Liz were visiting with us, but staying on the Portland side. They also had separate plans because it was Killian’s birthday. We called ahead and ordered a pizza from Flatbread, one of Billy’s favorites. Then around 7 we grabbed our pizza, bought ferry tickets, went to the dock and took the ferry over to Peaks Island. Colleen was also catching that ferry and so was Rob’s sister, Sarah. We all enjoyed pizza and the sunset views. The ride is about 20 minutes. Every day Rob and Colleen either kayak or ferry to Portland for work. A different sort of commute, for sure.

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Breaking News Now

October 15th, 2003 · 4 Comments

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1010 wins usually has up-to-the-minute local NYC news so when I heard something was going on at the Staten Island Ferry I visited their site to see what was up. Do they actually expect us to be able to read “B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G N-E-W-S N-O-W“? It took me a while to figure out what it said. I kept seeing “SNOW”. 1010 Wins seriously needs to hire an art director for their site. And a copywriter who doesn’t try to sensationalize every single story.

Seriously though, the Staten Island Ferry accident today sounds pretty horrible. People died. People were amputated. People were jumping off the boat into the river. I can’t wait to find out what happened to cause the accident. Here are some links to some news stories on the accident:

- 1010 Wins
- CNN
- WCBS
- NY1

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Orcas Island, Day 2

August 17th, 2003 · 3 Comments


Outlook Inn, East Sound, Orcas Island


Walking to the market to get some coffee I pass by this sign. “Noon or so” cracked me up.


Small alley with More Shops.


Sea Kayaking


Jesse the cute guide is on the left, Jeff is on the right.


Views while kayaking


Bald eagle at the top of the tree


Kelly & Jeff


Kelly & Jeff


Rachelle


Rachelle & Jesse



Starfish


Starfish


Starfish


After kayaking we hung around Orcas Village waiting for the ferry



Jeff & Kelly



Last looks at Orcas Village on Orcas Island while pulling away in the ferry




Rachelle on the ferry




Coming down the steps from the passenger area to the car area on the ferry


Parked cars on the ferry


On the ferry


On the ferry

After waking up bright an early we headed over to Orcas Village for an 8 a.m. kayaking excursion. We signed a release, got brief instructions, and were out on the water in no time. There were an odd number of people on the kayaking tour – 5 – so.. unlucky me.. I had to share a kayak with the cutest tour guide on Orcas Island, Jesse from San Francisco. Kayaking on the Sound early in the morning was very relaxing and chill. We saw many animals, including river otters, a harbor seal, tons of purple and orange starfish, sea cucumbers, clams, a heron, and a bald eagle and its baby. I would recommend sea kayaking to anyone, especially if you’re not actually on the sea and don’t have to row very much because your cute tour guide is doing all the work for you.

After kayaking we parked our car on line for the ferry back to Anacortes. It can be hard to get off the island – you need to get your car on the line hours before the ferry is scheduled to leave. While the car was parked we had breakfast and did a little shopping. This was our last ferry ride of the trip, which was good because I was starting to get a little sick of sitting on the ferry.

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