The Inside Passage

ladies , i read your article and found it very interesting, you say you took that trip in 2006 and the Rupert was a replacement ferry. I just want to set the record straight a little for you. As my dad would have said, it\'s a ship. And one more thing, The Queen of The North was the replacement ferry for the Rupert. You see my dad and I both worked on the Rupert, my dad in 1969 and myself in 1974. Ah! those were the days to ride the ferries, ya they actually had dining rooms with real food not fast food. Even the ships down south had dining rooms.But anyway getting back to the Rupert, I was a steward working in the dining room, and like you said, there was a mixture of all kinds of people even back then. I can remember serving hippies at one table and really rich folks at another. OH ya, they even had good food for vegetarians back then. Just to let you know you had nothing to worry about, that ship was as safe as anything on water. It was so safe that I would take my old cabin back any time, It was aft (back) just above the starboard (right) propeller shaft. Man did it make a lot of noise. Boy, i\'d give anything to sail the inside passage on the Rupert again, that was one hell of a good job,I really miss it. There are some things that don\'t get better with time, taking a trip, or as you said a mini cruse down the inside passage on the BC ferries is one of them. Ladies, you rode on one of the best ships the BC government will ever own, you see I envy you, you sailed on the best the BC ferries ever had or will have. It\'s just such a shame that you didn\'t have the privilege of sitting in a dining room (which was forward with a view) when you were on your trip. The Queen of Prince Rupert in my mind always was and always will be a grand lady that I had the privilege of working on. And what can you say about the inside passage,a post card view at every window. if you would like to respond i would look forward to it David Evans