On Sunday, we were the first car to arrive at the locked gate of the Langdale ferry terminal on the Sunshine Coast, 10 minutes after the last ship of the day had sailed for Vancouver.

Over 100 vehicles ended up parked behind us, including a tour bus, trucks, motorcycles and cars loaded with family and pets. My own small car included my daughter, two of her friends, our dog, and my husband.

We and the many others behind us missed the last scheduled sailing because of a highway closure near Sechelt following a terrible accident.

Like us, many in line had started their trip on an earlier ferry coming from Powell River and were headed down Highway 101 to connect to the ferry to Vancouver when the road closure, which started at around 5 p.m., stopped us in our tracks for more than five hou

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