Saturday, 30 April 2022

Queue


Waiting, waiting, waiting. We waited in Wellington to cross the Cook Strait on the Inter-Island Ferry and ended up waiting in line for 4 hours in the dark in our cars, I think there were alot of frustrated people. Finally got on there at 9pm and arrived in Picton just after midnight. My 2 adult children got seasick on the ferry and spent most of the time in the bathroom, B and I just about fell asleep in our seats.

Linking up with Weekend Reflections and The Weekend Roundup.

16 comments:

Tigger's Mum said...

What delayed the sailing? Rough out in the Strait? So was this the big move south? Exciting.

Lydia C. Lee said...

That's very Jeffrey Smart! Ha! #WeekendReflection

magiceye said...

Phew...

Cool capture.

local alien said...

4 hours waiting in the car is a very long time. You must have been glad to get on the ferry, though it sounds as it was a little rough. Your new life begins! Exciting

Iris Flavia said...

Oh, don´t you hate that. At least you didn´t have coffee in the car. Happened to me - with a male colleague. Males have bigger bladders ;-)

At Home In New Zealand said...

That doesn't sound like the nicest of experiences! Hopefully the rest of your journey will not be as eventful. Be safe, Mxx

gz said...

A nice shot.

We have never had to wait that long on a ferry coming in and loading.
Four hours does seem excessive

s.c said...

Sometimes you have that but it leaves you with a beautiful night shot as memory.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Ferries are necessary but I have also waited for hours on one.
I don't like getting seasick. For a brief period I worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. When it was too stormy helicopters to come back we had to ride crew boats. A six hour trip in heavy seas vs a one hour helicopter ride. ugh

Bill said...

Waiting a long time is not fun, most people are impatient.

Sharon said...

That is a very long wait. I'm sure you were happy to finally get on board.

Jim said...

Quite a queue.

Betty J. Crow said...

I don't wait well. This line would have been a struggle. I might have been in the bathroom with your kids. :) Happy Sunday!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Being forced to do nothing at all is the hardest work of all! What a bummer.

William Kendall said...

I can see that being frustrating.

James said...

Nice picture but a bad experience.

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