Dad got #covid this summer with my cousin and sister because they all just wanted a British family birthday here in #BC for his 80th.

We had been booked to join them up coast but found out two days prior to leaving. We called off the trip with several folks covid sick at the house we were planning to stay.

It was then we discovered #bcferries no longer refunds for covid cancellations, as to them the pandemic is over. We had to pay to drop our reservation days from our trip, knowing the ferry we had reserved would only be 75% full.

For #BritishColumbia businesses like #bcferries, ignoring the pandemic is just an extra cash grab. Book another ferry now, pay us 20 bucks or go get sick. They ultimately profited off our loss.

#LetErRip #NewDeathParty, #NoDataParty #BCndp, #BCmedia, #bonniehenry and #adriandix are the pack of unrepentant #GBD spiders who’ve spun this covid web of deception lulling our population into #complacency and #ableism.

Profit over kindness is what they’ve successfully preached.

We must vote every one of these anti mask, anti health covid #minimizers out. We must demand a true independent inquiry of this #bcndp and their #GreatBarrington #Eugenics #LetErRip #surrender to #covid19bc.

#BCndp needs to #FireBonnieHenry and attempt to restore trust in #BCHealth. British Columbia deserves true health leadership, not more #lies and #propaganda from a longtime corrupt govt shill.

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #Corruption #Capitalism #COVIDIsNotOver #masks4healthcare #Masks4All

I think we should come to the conclusion that ferries made in and around the 1990s were not built to last. They seemed ok but now this is the second Coastal class BC Ferry to have major issues keeping it from service this year and the Spirit Class out of Victoria has had major issues as well. And shall I utter the words “Fast Ferry”.

Meanwhile, the venerable Queen of Alberni among the last Queen vessels built in the 1970s, keeps on truck— Errr Ferry’in.

Sure, Alberni has had her moments but there is a reason she's still in service and it probably has a lot to do with the over-maintenance culture of BC Ferries in the 70s and 80s versus the “build-it-ship-it-now” culture since.

#BCFerries #BCPoli #PortAlberni #Ferry #Maintenance.
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/update-nanaimo-tsawwassen-ferry-breakdown-could-take-weeks-to-fix-2284075

MV Q of Alberni Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Queen_of_Alberni

If you are a user of BC Ferries and struggling like so many this summer, check out this new app that's coming soon in beta.

https://canadianseagulls.com/ferrywise-announcement.html

#bcferries #britishcolumbia

In its worst atrocity yet, #BCFerries demonstrates it doesn't know Sarah McLachlan well enough to spell her name correctly. (I'm tolerating the spelling of *NSYNC without the asterisk because a) even they were wildly inconsistent on their own spelling and b) they're not British Columbian).

My bike is perched so very precariously on this ferry I'm certain it will fall over and I really need #BCFerries to understand that people often ride bikes to the Southern Gulf Islands and it's not hard at all to put a few little bike racks on the boat.

There is finally a #BCFerries app for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/bc-ferries/id6444454630

Only in Canada
#poutine #bcferries

Heading home in the sunshine from Vancouver to Nanaimo.

#nanaimo #vancouver #sunshine #bcferries

Time for a little us time before I leave for the UK for 4 weeks over Christmas. So Vancouver here we come.

#yvr #ustime #vancouver #bcferries

Orca #whales entering Active Pass near Helen Point on #MayneIsland from #BCFerries ship.

Living with #BCFerries. The old Queen of Surrey leaves 1 hour late this morning. She sails on her schedule, not ours. #SunshineCoast #Vancouver
Beautiful BC #travel #photography

“Last Ride on the Mayne Queen” by Terrill Welch, 11 x 14 inch acrylic on gessobord.

Artist notes: We got our own private goodbye with the Mayne Queen this evening. There was no cake but the Big Dipper was present and the steady rumble of that diesel engine gently lulling us across the calm water. I will miss this old gal and the views she offered up with humble assurance.

#BCFerries #MayneQueen #art #acrylic #painting #sketch #MastoArt #night #travel #contemporaryart

The only thing that could make a #BCferries trip better, would be the lack of constant bullshit