4th of July on "The Rock"

Yesterday,July 3rd, me,Smoke,and Beaver arose with the chickens and were sitting at the ferry crossing in North Sydney,N.S..at 6:15 AM...don't know why those things have to sail so early...preparing to go to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Ship was already there and was ,to the eye of a landlubber, one big boat...400 ft. long,with multiple decks and a really loud foghorn.On command, multiple lanes of cars,tractor trailer rigs,buses,motor homes and 6 motorcycles, including our 3 rolled aboard. We lashed down our bikes and went topside to get underway at the breakneck speed of 21 knots...took 6 hours to cross and actually was a little boring until Beaver befriended one the crew and got us permission to enter the bridge where they navigate and drive the boat(ship?) The bridge personel were quite cordial and showed us all around.I was surprised that the steering wheel was only about a foot in diameter. Guess I expected it to be more in scale with the size of the boat. Met the captain, a 5ft,4in...GIRL. Jeez! Chicks can't drive boats that big, but she did. In fact, when we arrived at our docking point, she slowed and whipped that ship around in its own length and greased her right in...hmmm?....boog