We're home now from our lovely vacation, but I'm still catching up on my log. Our second day in Seattle had an unexpected twist at the end of the day. After seeing "Inception" near the Space Needle, we took the monorail back to downtown, then hiked down to the waterfront, getting to the pier just in time to catch the 5:30 ferry to Bainbridge Island, and have dinner there. We were pretty proud of ourselves, getting there just before it sailed, getting our tickets from the automatic kiosk, and hurrying up the gangplank to get on board.
About 45 minutes into the ride, I began to wonder why it was behind schedule. (It's a 35 minute ride). At 6:30, we joined the other passengers at the front of the boat waiting for it to dock. Which is when I saw the sign at the pier that said "Bremerton". We had boarded the wrong boat.
We ended up having a very nice dinner at Anthony's, dockside on the patio, and an hour later hopped the next ferry going back to Seattle, and then had a speedy fast turnaround after we docked to get off the boat, run back inside the terminal, buy 3 more tickets for Bainbridge, and then go through the right doors to get to the Bainbridge ferry and get on that boat before it left the dock. Phew. A second night of traveling across Elliott Bay in the dark, with a lovely view of the Seattle lights behind us.
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