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Car ferry in November/driving directions
Car ferry in November/driving directions
Is there a "reduced" schedule for the car ferry 11/3/09?
Also, can anyone give me driving directions from the airport to Red Hook?
Also, can anyone give me driving directions from the airport to Red Hook?
The car ferry can change hour to hour so trying to determine who will be running on any given day is impossible - there is no reduced schedule advertised so it will be best to ask closer to your day of travel to see if any barge might be out of service for maintanence.
Here are directions from the airport to Red Hook - not the fastest way but probably the easiest for 1st timers................
1) Exit the airport and take a right at the traffic light.
2) Continue on that road past downtown CA, past Havensite, past the cruise ships. The road will then start to climb up.
3) You will come to a stop sign - bear left. Now about this stop sign....you will notice alot of people don't see it and don't stop as it is behind a tree/bush (unless it has been recently trimmed) If you miss it and don't turn/bear left you will end up at the Marriott hotel so just turn around go back to the stop sign (much easier to spot from this direction) and turn right.
4) Stay on this road and eventually you will come to another stop sign at a T interstection. Turn right. The "bridge to nowhere" will be on your right at that T intersection
5) Stay on that road and you will arrive in Red Hook and the car ferry will be on your right
Travel time approx 30-35 mins on a "normal" traffic day, but if there are alot of cruise ships in, and you are trying to get through downtown CA between 4pm and 5:30pm (they are all returning to the ships and people are also leaving from work) it could take alot longer.
There are a few other routes to take but I have found this to be the easiest for first timers
Hope this helps everyone
Pia
Here are directions from the airport to Red Hook - not the fastest way but probably the easiest for 1st timers................
1) Exit the airport and take a right at the traffic light.
2) Continue on that road past downtown CA, past Havensite, past the cruise ships. The road will then start to climb up.
3) You will come to a stop sign - bear left. Now about this stop sign....you will notice alot of people don't see it and don't stop as it is behind a tree/bush (unless it has been recently trimmed) If you miss it and don't turn/bear left you will end up at the Marriott hotel so just turn around go back to the stop sign (much easier to spot from this direction) and turn right.
4) Stay on this road and eventually you will come to another stop sign at a T interstection. Turn right. The "bridge to nowhere" will be on your right at that T intersection
5) Stay on that road and you will arrive in Red Hook and the car ferry will be on your right
Travel time approx 30-35 mins on a "normal" traffic day, but if there are alot of cruise ships in, and you are trying to get through downtown CA between 4pm and 5:30pm (they are all returning to the ships and people are also leaving from work) it could take alot longer.
There are a few other routes to take but I have found this to be the easiest for first timers
Hope this helps everyone
Pia
Realtor - St John Properties
Just a follow up on my first post - today we are down to only one ferry and lines have been huge with wait time as long as 2 hours 
Hopefully this will only be temporary and they will get the necc repairs done quickly - but this shows you how quickly things can change.
Pia
Hopefully this will only be temporary and they will get the necc repairs done quickly - but this shows you how quickly things can change.Pia
Realtor - St John Properties