The Ferry Ride by bmac62
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Come for a ride with me.
Long Island, New York is 110 miles in length.
New York City in all its' five heavily populated borroughs (Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Manhattan Island, and Staten Island) blocks easy access to and from the west end of Long Island.
My favorite way around this traffic mess is to take one of two main ferry lines from the northeastern end of Long Island across the Long Island Sound into Connecticut (or vice versa).
My montage/collage is a little busy but hop on the ferry with me (picture #1), cruise east than north (#2-#8), arrive at the mouth of the Thames River (#9) with New London on the left and Groton on the right, and finally, stand by while the Captain backs the ferry into the dock (#10-#12) downtown, New London.
And just like that, I've saved about 150 miles of driving in heavy traffic on my way north to Maine.
Hope you've enjoyed the trip. Come back and see us, ya hear? (old southern talk. LOL)
Bill
P.S. Credits to durleybeachbum (Andrea) for inspiring me to do a little more than usual for this montage/collage. TRY A ZOOM, BETTER FOR THE DETAILS.
Comments (33)
marybelgium
interesting ! beautiful collage !
THROBBE
Fantastic work Bill! Love the collage and narrative!
CavalierLady
Very interesting collage, Bill. Imagine having to take that as a part of your commute to work every day!
moonrancher
Great work, Bill! They're fun to ride, and you get to relax for a while instead of dealing with traffic. Love all that blue and the map in the middle really puts it in perspective.
PD154
I say William old chap, what a spiffing bit of craftwork, it's frightfully good ole' bean....LOL sorry you started that?...Seriously though Bill, I can see every bit of work you put into this, excellence bud!
DAVER2112
Awesome work on this Bill!! :)
Enmos
Superb collage !! :)
3x3
lovely composition my friend
Kaartijer
Nice collage, Bill!
durleybeachbum
BRILLIANT!!! You've made a map-nut very happy!
fredster66
I believe that I have been on this ride as a young child... a great ride indeed and a great set of images here, Bill!
drace68
Need more details: how long for a good-weather crossing? How fart? What speed (looks to be 15-20 knots from wake). How much for an auto? Do they take MasterCard? Overall effect for pic: super. Wish individual pics were larger.
danob
Feel I have seen the sights and saved myself the 150 miles! Make a great postcard! Bravo Bill
kansas
All wonderful shots. I love riding a ferry. In WA state we often rode the ferry across Puget Sound to Bremerton and often to Whidbey Island. Loved those rides.
kenmo
Wow...a very wonderful collage and collection of photos... Love your photo-journalism type of style...!!!!
goodoleboy
Thank you for the grand tour in this wonderfully and meticulously created montage of New York City and environs, Bill! Although a ride via photographs, I'm all tuckered out from the trip.
Pannyhb
great work on the collage, and wonderful shots to show it off!
Richardphotos
tells the story no doubt. what is the house looking structure on the concrete platform? looks like an exciting trip.you sure composed it well Bill
skipper62
Great grouping there, my friend.. Wish I was there rather than here. Water, boats, salty air. Oh Yeah!!
babuci
Exciting collage. Thx for the ride realy good to see a separet frames in one lot.
beachzz
When I was a kid, we used to go to Balboa Island, California every summer. There was a 3-car ferry that went across the bay to the peninsula; it was a huge deal to take that trip. Kids and bikes were a dime (uh oh, probably giving some stuff away there!!) and if you were in a care, it was a quarter. The person in the front car almost always tried to "Drive" the ferry; we used to think that was SO funny!! At any rate, I've always loved ferries, and your fotos remind me why--thanks for this great collage!!
auntietk
Oh Bill. Wow. I love this! We have ferries here, of course, and it's wonderful to take a trip on the other side of the continent! Thank you for putting this together. Excellent work!!
artaddict2
What a great collection of images, the collage is first class my friend! Something the tourist authorities would be proud to have published I'm sure!
Fred255
Fantastic travel log!
tennesseecowgirl
FANTASTIC collage... love the center map... great touch.
tizjezzme
What a WONDERFUL collage !!!! Probably one of the best ones I've ever seen.
debbielove
Bill! (Sorry for the late comment Have been, still am, ill!) Again, Bill! This is the finest montage I've sen in a VERY long while. Infinitely better than mine! Fantastic stuff. well done, my friend. Rob.
billcody
Wonderful collage, a great work! The map in the middle is great, too. Helps a stranger like me to find the way. Perfectly done. Thanks for the information, too.
junge1
Great collage and pictures Bill. A super idea and very interesting!
timtripp
well done!