I am curiously fond of tugboats and ferry boats so plucking Crossing Puget Sound: From Black Ball Steamer to Washington State Ferries, by Steven J. Pickens off the shelf was an automatic reflex. It's a nice history of this service in our state, with wonderful photographs (note: some have been colorized), the various routes (old and those in use now,) and, at the end, a bit on each vessel mentioned, what the name means and how/why it might have changed and where the ferry is now. I pretty much read this in one sitting. :-)

Pacific Northwest Trivia: Washington, Oregon & Idaho has a second subtitle: Weird, Wacky and Wild ... which fits! I do enjoy this type of book ... short entries, lots of fun bits of information ... it was a great read for these 'stay at home' days we are experiencing at the moment. I learned something new about each and every state! Four authors put this book together: Lisa Wojna, Gina Spadoni, Mark Thorburn, and Tyler Mudrey and I think, because of that, there is a bit of an overlap in the entries from time to time, but over all, a most enjoyable read.

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