Stephanie's Blog with pictures

This little birdie landed in the traffic lane and decided to stop people from getting on the ferry. Tom tried to lure him over to the side with bits of hot dog, but the fledgling would have non of that nonsense. I tried to get him to step up onto a broom handle so that I could move him. He grabbed on with one foot, then changed his mind and attacked a guy who was trying to take his picture. Charlie shooed him over to the railing with the broom and we were able to get some cars through, until a minivan with a roof rack caught his eye and he flew onto the roof rack. The woman driving the minivan pleaded with him to please move because she really needed to go on the ferry. Just then Department of Wildlife woman showed up with a net and took him away.

As Jed was singing, "This is the line that never ends." I realized that he reminds me of Jack Black. Anyway, he was loading the boat and a woman was so into her phone that she didn't realize that the cars in front of her had driven onto the ferry. He yelled, "VASHON! LET'S GO!" She didn't notice. He whistled really loudly. She didn't look up. He radioed up to the boat, "Cathlamet cabin, I have a sleeper. Can I get a whistle?" "Sure." And the Captain just laid on the ferry horn. Not even a polite, honk, honk, but a full on 5 second long blast at least. It just kept going and going. When you're right in front of a ferry, the horn is really loud! "Thanks." "No problem." The woman looked up, realized that everyone was looking at her, and did a Who? Me? Jed gave her a  Right this way. gesture .  It was the funniest thing I've seen in a very long time.

Today while directing traffic up at the street, a guy handed me a "homemade watermelon lollipop". I thanked him and told him that he was amazing. There was no way I was going to eat it. When I came down to the ticket booths, I showed it to my co-worker, Jed. He said that he wanted it so I gave it to him and told him to let me know if he started to smell colors after he ate it. Apparently there were no side effects, at least not that he admitted to.

I've decided to blog any funny, weird, interesting stories from my new job at Washington State Ferries in case I want to write a book someday. Today in training for WSF the quote of the day is: We're dealing with the public and the public is not stable. Expect the unexpected." Some form of this quote will probably be my book title.