The Hatteras inlet ferry is still not running, and the village is still pretty quiet as a result. John and I went to dinner at the Back Porch tonight to celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary, and we were the only couple there for about 15 minutes! (We didn't get there right when they opened either...we got there about 45 minutes after they opened.) It's definitely not too busy around here right now.
Anyway, if the Hatteras ferry issues weren't enough, now there's yet another ferry problem. Here's the official release from NC DOT.
SEVERAL RUNS SUSPENDED AT SWAN QUARTER, CEDAR ISLAND AND OCRACOKE FERRY ROUTES
Motor Vessel Cedar Island experiencing structural problems
MANNS HARBOR — The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry
Division today announced that several runs at the Swan
Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes will be suspended
for several days, while employees work to fix a structural problem on
the Motor Vessel Cedar Island.
The following runs have been suspended:
· The 6:30 a.m. run from Ocracoke to Swan Quarter;
· The 9:30 a.m. run from Swan Quarter to Ocracoke;
· The 12:30 p.m. run from Ocracoke to Cedar Island;
· The 3:30 p.m. run from Cedar Island to Ocracoke;
· The 6 p.m. run from Ocracoke to Cedar Island; and
· The 8:30 p.m. run from Cedar Island to Ocracoke.
The following runs will continue as scheduled:
· The 7 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. runs from Swan Quarter to Ocracoke;
· The 9:30 a.m., 12 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. runs from Ocracoke to
Swan Quarter;
· The 7 a.m., 10, 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. runs from Ocracoke to
Cedar Island; and
· The 7 a.m., 9:30, 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. runs from Cedar
Island to Ocracoke.
A return to the normal schedule will occur as soon as the MV Cedar
Island is fixed and running safely. Travelers with reservations for
any of these runs during this week should call the reservations
center at 1-800-BY-FERRY to make alternative arrangements.
NCDOT also offers ferry travel information on Twitter, a free
social-networking Web site. Citizens can get brief updates, or
“tweets,” for ferry routes by signing up at
www.twitter.com/ncdot_ferry .
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3 comments:
Congratulations Kati to you and John on your anniversary. I spoke with you yesterday morning at the Melon and now know why the three of you looked so happy. :-)
Again, thanks for the blog. This recent entry was info we needed cuz' family is planning to leave the Island tmrw.
Love your blog..
Pat.....
HAPPY anniversary :)
Thanks everyone. It was nice to meet you, Pat! I always enjoy meeting my blog readers, so thanks for coming over to say Hi. :)
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