All Aboard!!!

In my last post I was telling you about my adventures on the mainland with my girls. Well in order for me to get there and back I must take a ferry. The ride is 35 nautical miles or for those of us that don't understand nautical miles it is a 1 1/2 hour ferry ride. BC Ferries has a fleet of 35 ferries with the largest ferries being 560 feet(imagine 2 football fields)they carry 2100 passengers and 461 vehicles. The shortest is 111 feet carrying 133 passengers and 16 vehicles. If you are interested in ferries you can find out more about the fleet here and here. Below are some photos I took when I was leaving Horseshoe Bay on the Mainland and going back to Departure Bay, on Vancouver Island.

Leaving Horseshoe Bay Terminal

These mountains are part of the Coastal mountain range. There is a road called the "Sea to Sky" highway which will take you to Whistler, an international ski resort. This is where, downhill, snowboarding, cross country events will take place for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

That line just up from the houses is the "Sea to Sky" highway. You will have to take that road if you want to get to Whistler to ski or take in any of the downhill and Nordic events for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
This a sample of some of the multi million dollar homes around Horseshoe Bay area, this particular home has it's own dock and passage leading to the water.
I thought this picture kinda cool. The only way to get to this place is by boat. In the hazy background is Downtown Vancouver. That is not pollution you see it was low clouds.

That long stretch of land is part of Vancouver called the University Endowment Lands. The University of British Columbia is located up there. This is also considered a posh area of Vancouver, with the majority of residence being doctor's, lawyers and university professors. Around it's distant point you would come to Richmond where the International airport is and further along is the Tsawwassen Ferry terminal which brings people from Victoria which is the capital of the province. Not far from there are the San Juan Island group which is the gateway to the US. There is a little place there called Friday Harbour which is the border crossing.

Entering the Departure Bay terminal on the island.

Those pillars and the small building in the back...that is the terminal....and now I am back on the Island, only 45 minutes from home!