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Originally Posted by Lunker
I was coming south on I-5 from Blaine. I wouldn't have made the pick-up time if I had to go thru the traffic in Seattle and Tacoma. When I called the shipper, she said the Port Townsend ferry recently started letting big-rigs aboard, but I wasn't going to take a chance they didn't and have to back track.
Blaine, WA to Port Townsend, WA via Keystone Ferry = 96 miles
Blaine, WA to Port Townsend, WA via Edmonds Ferry = 146 miles
Blaine, WA to Port Townsend, WA via Tacoma Narrows Bridge = 221 miles
I am not saying that you did the wrong thing. Actually, you did want your FM and shipper wanted, so all well and good. I would like to know how long the wait to board the ferry and transit was? Obviously, the Puget Sound traffic can be very bad, so the drive around delay can be painful. But, at the same time during commuter hours, does not the ferry wait get longer? Do them give prefer loading to commercial vehicles?
I have never driven a big truck on the ferry. I have been on the Washington State Ferries a few times with my POV. I was in New Orleans with the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina. I crossed the Mississippi River twice a day on the Belle Chasse Ferry delivering hot food and supplies to the people in the St Bernard Parish. That ferry could take dump trucks and delivery vans.