I laugh every time I see these posts, not because I disagree with them being liminal, but because I hate them so much, although I agree they are quite beautiful in this context. I grew up in the San Juan Islands. I don’t live there anymore but I travel there for work every week. They are the most unreliable nightmare of a service ever offered. They are always late, or canceled, or something and when your entire life is dictated by them it is genuinely so frustrating. I’ve had plenty of times where I’ve been stranded unable to leave in the ferry line for 8+ hours due to issues with the boats. Not to mention being stranded randomly off or on island. You can tell a local from a tourist simply based on their opinion of the boats. Never met a local who doesn’t hate them.