Gotta Take a Ferry

[bainsey]

Had the games today, back on the mainland safely. No Gilligan moments to speak of.

The school pays for our ferry rides, which we take with the visiting teams and their contingents. At the island's terminal, awaits a school bus for us all, with the front seats reserved for the officials. (Funny, when I was a kid, those seats were reserved for the troublemakers.) It was a four-mile trek to the school.

We had snow flurries and a pretty gray day. The little island school serves 92 students -- that's K-12 -- so there are varsity and middle school teams, no JV. Eighth graders can play on varsity. The new gym is only two years old, with five-deep bleachers on one side, and some more seats on a low stage behind the end line. The school itself is impressive, to say the least. It's a renovated 25-room stone "cottage" (here's a picture), which has four buses.