Digby and the Ferry Ride

We arrived in Digby early, as we had planned to do.  We went to the ferry terminal to by the additional passenger tickets and to verify what we needed to do when we got there and were to go.

We then headed to downtown Digby for lunch. 

We had lunch on the veranda of a small restaurant on the coast line.  It was a nice view and for a change the weather was warm (well 72). 

After lunch it was off to the ferry.  We pulled the bikes up to the "bus stop" were we waited to be instructed to board the ferry.  Another local biker was there and we inquired about the process.  We found out we were expected to tie down or bikes once on board.  That posed a small problem for my bike since there are few exposed tie down points.  Luckily when I added some foot pegs I also exposed the tip over bars so I could tie it down that way.

Here are some shots from the ferry.

 

 

The ferry trip was uneventful.  We arrived on time and exited with no issues and headed to the motel

 



The last image, above, is a neat device that allows the ferry to rotate around to line up with the dock.  The bumpers are very large and hydraulic mounted so that not only absorb the shock of the ferry but act to push it back which, when done right, rotates the ferry parallel to the dock.  Really neat to watch.