We arrived safely by 9:50 and found blue signs that directed us to the ferry. The Googlemap said to turn left into the dock but the blue signs directed us in a different direction. Sure enough, when we got to the dock we could see that there was no left turn allowed, so the combination of Googlemaps and local signs was perfect.
We sat in a line of cars for a while, then pulled up, then sat again, but by 10:00 we were on the ferry. About 40 more cars got on behind us and the boat was full. Shwew. Glad we got there when we did.
We enjoyed spending about an hour on the ferry while we crossed the Long Island Sound. We marveled several times how glad we were to NOT be driving through New York City. About half way through, Theresa went to the main cabin but Marty stayed on top enjoying the fresh sea air blowing in her face and looking out on the horizon and not getting motion sickness. Pretty soon, the announcement was made that we were to all return to our cars and the ride was over. At 11:00, we landed. Last cars on were among the first off so it wasn't too long before we were heading through Bridgeport (and 3 more states) to Maine.
In this photo, the captain is in white but the 2 guys in blue are US Coast Guard. This is a private company operation, so we were guessing the Coast Guard was on board for national security reasons:
Goodbye Port Jefferson!:
Hi Marty! Port Jefferson is south of us (to our stern) and Marty is on the port side of the boat, so behind her is whatever is to the east:
We get to go through that little opening between those two pieces of land up ahead (like my geographically correct terminology?):
This ferry passing us in the other direction is the twin of ours:
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