with the snow outside and the cozy bed, i was quite tempted to stay in bed. julia had to take her cat to the vet, which gave me some leeway, but it was already late enough, and i had to get ready.our plan was to take the ferry to vashon island. on my list of potential to-dos, taking a ride on a ferry was a must. but i wasn't sure if julia would be okay still going with the weather being what it was. but she was up for it, so we headed out. it was quite late by that time--my fault, as i was moving quite sluggishly.
it was already almost 11 when we left the house, so the first ferry we could catch was the 11:55am one. i took this picture of cars disembarking from the ferry while we waited to go on.
here are some shots i took while on the ferry: the point defiance marina, the tacoma yacht club, the ferry, a fellow traveller, cars on the ferry.
it was a very quick ride--just 15 minutes--nowhere near enough time to really enjoy being out on the water. there's vashon island already.
here is a picture of a marina near the tahlequah terminal on the southern tip of vashon island.
here are a couple of buildings in town: a bookstore and a hardware store turned restaurant.
we didn't really have too much time to explore the island; we only had about 2 1/2 hours. we did eat lunch there, visited a coffee roasterie/grocery store, and the public library. i will have separate entries for these.it seemed like we had to leave soon after we got there. while waiting to embark on the ferry back to tacoma, i took this picture.
this is a picture of the point defiance terminal taken from the ferry. that line in the distance are cars waiting to get on the ferry.
it was a good trip. the weather was weird, and we didn't really have enough time to look around (maybe next time). but we still enjoyed ourselves.
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