A sea of hugs: Clipper returns after 18 months, families reunite

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For now, the Clipper will be on a four\u002Dday\u002Da\u002Dweek schedule, making trips Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

“We’re calling it Festivus so as not to confuse the small kids,” Sorensen said with a laugh.

“I haven’t seen them for almost two years,” Lavallee said as she waited for them to come out the terminal door. “We’re all vaccinated so we’re all looking forward to getting together with friends and family.” The Coho ferry, which sails out of Port Angeles, will not run until 2022. Black Ball Ferry Line president Ryan Burles has said that the company is waiting until the U.S. border opens and Canadians can travel south again.

“Eighteen months has just been brutal and the uncertainly during that time has been really difficult to manage,” he said. “People were really excited to be on board. We have people who are coming up for the wedding of their son, folks who are visiting their daughter at the University of Victoria. We have somebody who bought a house here just before COVID and is finally going to return to it.”

 

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