Ferry Boats and Thanksgiving

Ok so I don't live in Seattle anymore but I do read the Seattle Times online almost every day. Today I saw anarticle that made me sad. Right before Thanksgiving weekend a number of Ferry Boats were pulled out of duty to be repaired. Now I'm not sad that they were pulled I'm mostly sad because of the history represented by these boats is coming to a close. My dad worked for the ferry system in Washington for 33 years and since I grew up on an island I used it almost every week. To see boats that I have been on being pulled from service makes me both feel old and feel like history is disappearing.

Now I realize this comes right at Thanksgiving which for me is bittersweet this year as I really miss our families and friends on the west coast. Although Texas is great what it doesn't have is "our" history. I really wish I was getting on a boat to the Island tomorrow to eat turkey........