Every Expediter Needs To Experience This..

Lawrence · Sep 18, 2012

One of the best experiences and sights I've had was taking the ferry across Lake Champlain. I started in Vermont and ended up in New York.

If you get the opportunity - don't pass it by!

They take everything from Sprinters to Tractors. DO IT!!!

Lake Champlain Ferries | New York & Vermont Ferry Crossings | Lake Champlain Transportation

billg27 · Sep 18, 2012

Took the ferry from Vancouver across to Vancouver Island for a delivery. Really an excellent experience. I agree, it's a great feeling to be paid the milage while not even driving. I also got reimbursed the cost of round trip ferry on top of my milage rate. Good time!

chetjester · Sep 19, 2012

Oh yes! I did it in the winter of 2006 after a delivery in Burlington, VT in an 18-wheeler. It was the only way I could get to Plattsburgh in just a few hours. It was beautiful. More beautiful than taking the ferry from Windsor to Detroit with a HazMat load.

Turtle · Sep 19, 2012

I once delivered to North Hero, VT, which in an island in the middle of the lake, but I drove there.

OntarioVanMan · Sep 19, 2012

billg27 said:
Took the ferry from Vancouver across to Vancouver Island for a delivery. Really an excellent experience. I agree, it's a great feeling to be paid the milage while not even driving. I also got reimbursed the cost of round trip ferry on top of my milage rate. Good time!

JuJu and I once did Newfoundland...7-8 hour cruise one way, all expenses paid.....had a small jet engine for an air ambulance helicopter...

21cExp · Sep 19, 2012

Yeah man, I love riding a ferry and have been on all sorts, all over this country and Canada, from the big ferries that used to go from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to PEI (multi-level deals with train tracks and tractor trailers on the lowest) to ones that take you to islands off the East and West Coasts, to one of the longest running ferries in America, the Anderson Ferry across the Ohio River:

Just something about being on the water in your vehicle, and getting out and hanging at the railing while being transported across. I've seen whales, porpoise, Bald Eagles, fishing villages, etc.

Suds43 · Nov 5, 2012

what did they charge? We were going to take the ferry from NY to VT one time in our car and they wanted like $40 each way!! We stayed in NY and kept the money in our pocket

ATeam · Nov 5, 2012

Diane and I have taken trucks on a few ferries in our time on the road. Our routes have not been wonderful scenic in great weather but the ferry rides were interesting nevertheless.

cheri1122 · Nov 5, 2012

My first thought on seeing the photo above was that the view would scare me, lol, but then I remembered a sweeeet delivery to a base in Port Hueneme, Ca, where I stopped right at the edge of the bay to check out the sea lions. [My dog barked at them and they barked back - it was hilarious. But smelly!]

Suds: click on the link, there's a rate chart - don't forget there may be a 3% fuel surcharge added.

Moot · Nov 5, 2012

I have taken the Badger from Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, WI empty. Sorry, no pictures.

I also did a round trip loaded from Marion, IL to Marion, KY on a small ferry across the Ohio River.
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This was on I-29 just south of Pembina, no ferry involved!

tknight · Nov 6, 2012

Nice ride!

tknight · Nov 6, 2012

tknight said:
Nice ride!

i did this 6 times 2 summers ago, in ny harbor out to governors island, no idea what it cost but it wasn't cheap I know

asjssl · Nov 6, 2012

I have done the Long Island Ny. To CT. Ferry before...

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21cExp · Nov 10, 2012

There's an interesting entry this evening on a friend's blog about the famous 1935 Kalakala Ferry in Washington State. Worth checking out if you are at all interested in old boats, ferries, restoration projects, etc:

Under Western Skies: Kalakala Update

Lawrence · Nov 12, 2012

21cExp said:
There's an interesting entry this evening on a friend's blog about the famous 1935 Kalakala Ferry in Washington State. Worth checking out if you are at all interested in old boats, ferries, restoration projects, etc:

Under Western Skies: Kalakala Update

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Talk about an era being designed into the look of this ferry. Super retro look. Great read - Thanks!

ATeam · Nov 13, 2012

21cExp said:
There's an interesting entry this evening on a friend's blog about the famous 1935 Kalakala Ferry in Washington State. Worth checking out if you are at all interested in old boats, ferries, restoration projects, etc:

Under Western Skies: Kalakala Update

That is a cool image to view. I have no interest in old boats or ferries but that image is cool!

RETIDEPXE · Nov 18, 2012

billg27 said:
Took the ferry from Vancouver across to Vancouver Island for a delivery. Really an excellent experience. I agree, it's a great feeling to be paid the milage while not even driving. I also got reimbursed the cost of round trip ferry on top of my milage rate. Good time!

I took the Vancouver with the girl I married 27 years ago to the day, told her I was taking her on a cruise. She was a good sport about it and really enjoyed it. Girl I married;http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.png Ain't she sweet!?
She's gonna kill me now.....