Approaching land. The MV Issaquah sailed from Edmonds to Kingston here in Washington. The old ferry has served on many routes. I wondered if MV stood for “Marine Vessel.” Right? Wrong, LOL! MV stands for “Motor Vehicle,” and, yes, the Issaquah is indeed a big, old motor boat ship. I love ferries. They’re the backbone of the marine state highway system. The ferry network here in Washington is the largest and most robust in the United States. There are smaller ones up and down the East Coast, Alaska, and elsewhere, but here, across the Salish Sea, ferries rule. The waters are too wide and too deep to build bridges at reasonable and pragmatic costs, altho such bridges have been considered. The deepest point in the whole Salish is around 2,000 feet deep. The deepest in the Puget Sound arm is about 938 feet deep, altho its average depth is 230 feet. Away I go, yo, aboard this ferry to the West!