Ferry Finally!

1284 October 13, 2025 Ferry Finally!

We woke up and it was not raining! The wind speeds were less than 20mph. Maybe today would be the day that we could finally leave the island! At 7am and again at 7:30am we heard the bellowing of the ferry horn as the early departures made their way out of the harbor.

Tim drove the Jeep into town to see if the road was walkable. The streets in town were flooded but the first mile of the bike path was dry. Tim set out first and I stayed behind to prep the RV for moving. Then I set out.

I walked a mile and then as Tim reported, the path and the adjacent highway were covered by about 3 inches of water. I walked back to the campground.

At 11am, we drove the RV and the Jeep to the ferry terminal. Our reservation was for 4:30 but when I checked in at the ticket booth, I was told that we could get on the 1pm ferry if we wanted to wait on standby. At 12:35, they changed our reservation and sent us to get in line to board. This was too good to be true…really…it was too good to be true! Tim was in the RV and he watched the first cars get onto the ferry and he called me. He was concerned that the ramp to get onto the boat was too steep and that he was going to drag bottom when he tried to board. The ferry staff also saw that there was going to be a problem and they went out to measure the distance from the surface of the water to the bulkhead. High tide was at 1:40pm and today, the wind was coming from the north and pushing the tide, making the tide exceptionally high. They could not allow us to board. We were so close!

We were sent to the parking area to wait along with another large RV. Eventually, they were able to change our reservation for the later ferry. We had 3 hours to kill. I wanted lunch and I walked into town and found that every place was closed today. I went back to the RV and fixed a sandwich.

We waited and waited and finally, it was time to board. Looking at the water level in the harbor, we were skeptical. We had already decided that if we needed to stay another night, we would go back to Dajio for dinner!

They had me take the Jeep on first and then they were going to try our motorhome. I watched anxiously as Tim drove up and onto the boat with inches to spare. We were promised that they would be able to get us off at Cedar Island but if they can’t, we get to spend the night on the boat!