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A wild and crazy night
10 years ago
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Sooooo.... last night was one of the craziest nights I have ever experienced. For all you Washington State furs out there who know where these places are (And for those of you that are not), myself, my cousin and a friend got stuck over in Clinton, WA after misreading the ferry schedule and missed the last ferry back to Mukilteo, WA. Clinton is on a island, Whidbey Island to be exact and Mukilteo is on mainland Washington so you can see how this turns out. So here is how it went... Story time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some nights when my cousin comes from Idaho, we do this thing called Dorkin'. Basically our way of saying, going out and having a good time, while being sober of course. Activities included yelling at random people, doing random and crazy stuff, random yelling and screaming, blazing loud bass music or rock and roll while yelling at things or people, in all sense... making it look like we are just a bunch of crazy young adults. So it was around 11:30 at night and my cousin, a coworker from work and myself decided to take a ferry ride aboard the Mukilteo to Clinton route. So we drive down there and park the car in Mukilteo and luckily catch the ferry over to Clinton. We checked the little ferry schedule pamphlets and see that there is a 1:30AM ferry back to Mukilteo so we thought that we had plenty of time to doodle around Clinton for a bit before coming back over. After we get off, we decide to dork around Clinton around 12AM and just mess around doing random stuff. After it hits around 1AM, we decided to head back to the terminal and catch the boat back. The ferry terminal is literally right down the street from Clinton so it wasn't far. Once we got back to the terminal, we noticed that the terminal was closed and that the ticket booths were too as well, this worried me but we continued on. Once the boat docked and let all the cars off, they started untying the ferry for it to be moored. We tried to get on but the ferry people told us that the ferry was closed and that they weren't going back. They said we would have to wait until 4:40AM for the first boat to go back to Mukilteo.
It was like a nightmare. We pulled out the little schedule and looked at it and realized that the last ride was the one we got off an hour earlier and that the one that came back to Clinton was the last one from Mukilteo. We were stranded on Whidbey Island with no car, no hotel and only the clothes on our backs. Literally!!! There was no place to stay in Clinton! All that is in Clinton is a grocery store, a bar a few repair shops and a gas station. All of which were closed so it was useless. The nearest hotel was about 5-10 miles up the road deeper into the island so that was obviously out of the question. So we thought it out and decided to spend the night at the terminal and wait until the ferry opens up again. We tried to sleep on some wooden benches at the terminal for a bit and realized it wasn't working and the fact that it was getting cold. My cousin had a thin fleece sweater and my coworker had a sweatshirt on. I had my B-3 Bomber Jacket (You can see it on my page) on that I always wear when I go Dorkin' so I was fine but the other two weren't so we decided to find a place that was a bit warmer. So we find a small park literally about 100ft from the terminal and discovered a bathroom there. The bathroom was a little bit warmer inside so we went in. It wasn't the best place to stay but for the other guys, it was worth it. There was one of those little hand dryers inside and they turned it on a bunch of times to try and pump warm air inside the bathroom. We stayed in that bathroom for two hours until around 4AM. I wasn't inside the whole time, I found a lawn chair on a patio on the beach and caught some Zzzzz's. I was woken up by my cousin and he told me that it was almost time to start heading for the terminal because of the fact that cars were starting to line up at the waiting area.
So we get going to the terminal and get there in time to meet up with a bunch of people waiting to walk on too. We stood at the terminal for about 30 minutes and finally, at around 4:30AM... we started boarding. We boarded the ferry and ran to the galley. We were freakin' starving and thirsty so we grabbed a very early breakfast. We rode the ferry back to Mukilteo and ran to the car. We jumped in the car and headed straight back home to Kenmore. They dropped me off and I went straight to bed at around 5:30AM. I slept in until around noon and got up for work. Let me tell ya, that was one of the craziest nights I have ever had. Even though we had to spend the night like homeless people waiting for the ferry, it was damn worth it!!!! It is a night I will truly remember always. And let this be a lesson to you all who ready schedules, for buses or boats it doesn't matter, READ IT CAREFULLY!!!!!! Or you might end up like me and my two mates.
Cheers everyone!!!
T-bone
Some nights when my cousin comes from Idaho, we do this thing called Dorkin'. Basically our way of saying, going out and having a good time, while being sober of course. Activities included yelling at random people, doing random and crazy stuff, random yelling and screaming, blazing loud bass music or rock and roll while yelling at things or people, in all sense... making it look like we are just a bunch of crazy young adults. So it was around 11:30 at night and my cousin, a coworker from work and myself decided to take a ferry ride aboard the Mukilteo to Clinton route. So we drive down there and park the car in Mukilteo and luckily catch the ferry over to Clinton. We checked the little ferry schedule pamphlets and see that there is a 1:30AM ferry back to Mukilteo so we thought that we had plenty of time to doodle around Clinton for a bit before coming back over. After we get off, we decide to dork around Clinton around 12AM and just mess around doing random stuff. After it hits around 1AM, we decided to head back to the terminal and catch the boat back. The ferry terminal is literally right down the street from Clinton so it wasn't far. Once we got back to the terminal, we noticed that the terminal was closed and that the ticket booths were too as well, this worried me but we continued on. Once the boat docked and let all the cars off, they started untying the ferry for it to be moored. We tried to get on but the ferry people told us that the ferry was closed and that they weren't going back. They said we would have to wait until 4:40AM for the first boat to go back to Mukilteo.
It was like a nightmare. We pulled out the little schedule and looked at it and realized that the last ride was the one we got off an hour earlier and that the one that came back to Clinton was the last one from Mukilteo. We were stranded on Whidbey Island with no car, no hotel and only the clothes on our backs. Literally!!! There was no place to stay in Clinton! All that is in Clinton is a grocery store, a bar a few repair shops and a gas station. All of which were closed so it was useless. The nearest hotel was about 5-10 miles up the road deeper into the island so that was obviously out of the question. So we thought it out and decided to spend the night at the terminal and wait until the ferry opens up again. We tried to sleep on some wooden benches at the terminal for a bit and realized it wasn't working and the fact that it was getting cold. My cousin had a thin fleece sweater and my coworker had a sweatshirt on. I had my B-3 Bomber Jacket (You can see it on my page) on that I always wear when I go Dorkin' so I was fine but the other two weren't so we decided to find a place that was a bit warmer. So we find a small park literally about 100ft from the terminal and discovered a bathroom there. The bathroom was a little bit warmer inside so we went in. It wasn't the best place to stay but for the other guys, it was worth it. There was one of those little hand dryers inside and they turned it on a bunch of times to try and pump warm air inside the bathroom. We stayed in that bathroom for two hours until around 4AM. I wasn't inside the whole time, I found a lawn chair on a patio on the beach and caught some Zzzzz's. I was woken up by my cousin and he told me that it was almost time to start heading for the terminal because of the fact that cars were starting to line up at the waiting area.
So we get going to the terminal and get there in time to meet up with a bunch of people waiting to walk on too. We stood at the terminal for about 30 minutes and finally, at around 4:30AM... we started boarding. We boarded the ferry and ran to the galley. We were freakin' starving and thirsty so we grabbed a very early breakfast. We rode the ferry back to Mukilteo and ran to the car. We jumped in the car and headed straight back home to Kenmore. They dropped me off and I went straight to bed at around 5:30AM. I slept in until around noon and got up for work. Let me tell ya, that was one of the craziest nights I have ever had. Even though we had to spend the night like homeless people waiting for the ferry, it was damn worth it!!!! It is a night I will truly remember always. And let this be a lesson to you all who ready schedules, for buses or boats it doesn't matter, READ IT CAREFULLY!!!!!! Or you might end up like me and my two mates.
Cheers everyone!!!
T-bone
