The Whatcom Chief
July 4th
I've ridden plenty of ferries. Mostly to Bainbridge island, sometimes to San Juan Island, occasionally to Whidbey Island, a few times to Port Townsend, here and there on random other voyages and once from Italy to Greece and back. Based on these past experiences, I knew ferry trips take some time. Maybe a half hour, maybe a little longer. Perhaps even 23 hours if you're crossing the Mediterranean en route to one of Europe's most financially troubled countries. So imagine my surprise when we successfully navigated the harsh waters between Gooseberry Point & Lummi Island in under 8 minutes. Seriously, imagine my surprise! Whatever you imagined, it's not as surprised as I really was. A jaw droppingly quick trip. So quick in fact, the USADA is dropping their doping case against Lance Armstrong to instead go after the Whatcom Chief. See what I mean?!? The trip was so quick I didn't even have enough time to come up with a better punch line for that ill-fated attempt at a performance enhancing drug joke.
