A Very Rainy Trip on the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry

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[@breadmaster1714]

Miles's Dad finding the most random thing to talk about and his mom buying in and going along with it is the funniest thing ever.

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

It's epic. I am all for this "Miles and his crazy dad while his mom looks on disapprovingly" content.

[@stopsign997]

We need more miles dad!

[@rico4.700]

its such a dad thing LMAO

[@camtyto0777]

fr i love his parents in this... i hope they come back in another video!!

[@scotttheniceguy]

We need a Miles' Dad in Transit spin-off KZbin series!

[@TheOffD]

Unbelievably wholesome family content, you are so blessed Miles to have parents like that!

[@JacksonBetz]

Watching this video right now while on the poop deck

[@goldasian347]

You should look for the bar on the back of the boat. Sometimes you will meet a group of commuters called "Frequent Floaters" that gathers around there on the weekdays.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

That axe is there so if the mechanism for the rescue boats fails, the axe can still be able to release it, in case of fire, you can use an axe to free up a stuck door on the boat, can be used to put out a fire between the layers of the hull, or to cut a mooring or towing cable during an emergency. Worth mentioning from Bridgeport station that you can also straight up walk to a Bass Pro Shop! Bridgeport was incorporated in 1821 as a town, and as a city in 1836. Showman PT Barnum was a resident of the city and even served as the town's mayor in 1871. Barnum built a couple houses there and housed his circus in town during winter. Bridgeport was the site of the world's first mutual telephone exchange in 1877, the first dental hygiene school in 1949, and the first bank telephone bill service in the US in 1981. Harvey Hubbell II invented the electric plug outlet in Bridgeport in 1912 as well, and the world's first Subway restaurant opened in the city's North End in 1965. Australian English began to diverge from British and Hiberno-English after the First Fleet established the Colony of New South Wales in 1788. Australian English arose from a dialectal melting pot created by the intermingling of early settlers who were from a variety of dialectal regions of Great Britain and Ireland, though its most significant influences were the dialects of Southeast England. By the 1820s, the native-born colonists' speech was recognizably distinct from speakers in Britain and Ireland. And of course elements of Aboriginal languages have been adopted by Australian English as well like kangaroo, boomerang, budgerigar, and wallaby. Here are more differences between American English and Australian English: In the US, it's a diaper, but in Australia, it's a nappy (just like the UK)! In the US, it's aluminum, but in Australia, it's aluminium (also like the UK)! In the US, it's a popsicle, but in Australia, it's an ice block or icy pole! In the US, it's counterclockwise, but in Australia, it's anticlockwise!

[@JN-ug5ky]

Thank you for these fun facts Supreme Leader, really cool

[@SeaBassTian]

OMG Danfords! I lived in Port Jeff in my tween years and again briefly as a young adult. Never knew it was all that fancy. Strangely enough, I never took the ferry but would deff take it now!

[@kaspervandersluijs4456]

Miles's dad is the unsung hero of the show, what a guy!

[@Hahlen]

Those white canisters are the actual lifeboats Miles. They automatically inflate when they hit water. That orange boat is a little rescue boat in case someone falls overboard.

[@MilesinTransit]

Ohhhh okay!

[@juliusreiner5733]

@@MilesinTransitI’m glad google translate was here to translate your comment from “Ohhhh okay” to “ohhh okay”

[@ck4426]

Your parents are so delightful and you are a chip off their blocks!!!

[@noeonoohno4219]

Your dad rocks ‘you should see yourself!!!!’ lol he loves you lots ❤️

[@jonat_gabl]

Congrats to your mom for her play! And that is a glorious menu shot - fully encapsulates the experience of looking through fogged over glasses.

[@gkjsooley]

We need a video where your Dad teaches ASL for common profanities. Congratulations to your Mom! "Boat wake shot, boat wake shot, now you're lookin' at the boat wake shot!" FYI - the high speed ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket has an EPIC wake.

[@delibakerytravel]

You Have Very Kind And Loving Parents, I Am Very Happy For You. Something I Never Had Because Of The Person I Loved.At 65 It Still Hurts. So Enjoy Those Senior Parents. LOL!! Congratulations To Your Mom. Greetings From San Diego.🌴

[@bengibbardofficial]

Why Did You Capitalize Everything? Love San Diego BTW! 🤙

[@Frankfurtdabezzzt]

Miles your parents are national treasures, what a great video.

[@ericwitt]

ferry vid! can’t wait until miles says “pariah”

[@liminal-refridgerator]

Your parents are exactly as I would have imagined them. I can imagine everyone at school thought you had the coolest dad AND the coolest mom. You look just like her 😊

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

A cool fact about the Long Island Sound is Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to go aboard a submarine when he did so in the Long Island Sound on the submarine torpedo boat USS Plunger (SS-2) in 1905! A sound is connected to a sea or ocean and is often formed by the seas flooding a river valley. This produces a long inlet where the sloping valley hillsides descend to sea-level and continue beneath the water to form a sloping sea floor. Sometimes a sound is produced by a glacier carving out a valley on a coast then receding, or the sea invading a glacier valley. The term sound is derived from the Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse word sund, which also means "swimming". The word sund is also documented in Old Norse and Old English as meaning "gap". In Swedish and in both Norwegian languages, "sund" is the general term for any strait. Along the east coast and Gulf Coast of the US, a number of bodies of water that separate islands from the mainland are called "sounds", like of course the Long Island Sound, a number of large lagoons in North Carolina lie between the mainland and its barrier beaches like the Pamlico Sound and Bogue Sound, and the Mississippi Sound separates the Gulf of Mexico from the mainland, along much of the gulf coasts of Alabama and Mississippi. A strait is a narrow connection, usually between two "distinct" bodies of water. For example, the Strait of Gibraltar between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic. A channel is usually much wider, and is usually defined as a body of water in and of itself. Often, the two bodies of water it connects are not considered to be different, rather it is defined by the land masses it separates, like the Mozambique Channel connects to the Indian Ocean on both sides. A sound is normally an inlet or bay, but sometimes it's a strait. Also, the term "poop deck" comes from the French word for stern, la poupe, from Latin puppis, so the poop deck is technically a stern deck, and on classic sailing ships, the helmsman would steer the craft from the quarterdeck, immediately in front of the poop deck

[@WilliamThorsson-zg4yy]

This is the wholesome content that will bring peace to our nation.

[@MassbyTrain]

More parents please they are lovely for the videos. Hope your all vacating somewhere this summer

[@RealMoochie]

If you ever have a free week, consider the following: Take the Via Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver, the Skytrain and Seabus in Vancouver, and a BC Ferries ferry or two and virtually every moment of the trip will be footage for a future video. You'll even be stopped in Winnipeg long enough to appreciate its wonderful train station and the complete absence of any other decent transit infra before you need to hop back on your train.

[@IVR02]

Another excellent chapter in the Ferry Era of Miles in Transit! I loved the shot of your dad trying to catch water droplets under the Northeast Corridor, and the shot of Ned waving to you as you left Connecticut.

[@joebehrdenver]

Your folks are lovely and a hoot and a half!

[@Ryan_Hecht]

Theatre Three, my local community theatre growing up! Congrats to your mom!

[@Caleo996]

Your dad is the most dad to ever dad this planet

[@allyourgamenetworks]

FERRY FERRY FERRY FERRY FERRY

[@KenanTurkiye]

roses are red, violets are blue, trains, trams and buses come in all sorts of hue ;) my playlist #2 is about transportaion

[@patrickmcatee8699]

Mile's, your folks are THE BOMB! You need to take them on more "excursions".

[@philipbrown4290]

The unexpectedly entertaining videos are always the best, but this was utterly sublime. 🤩 Top marks to the Taylor Family 🤗

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@herpderpington6309]

I used to take this ferry every week to LI to see the girl I was dating at the time. That ferry will always have a place in my heart

[@SneakySquid344]

You should come to Vancouver BC to ride the skytrain and BC ferries. I live on Vancouver Island and we use them all the time, it's great

[@erik_griswold]

And Seabus!

[@medivalone]

Get some reusable dessicant bags online, and keep one in a Ziploc in your bag when you go shooting. If your camera gets wet, get as much water off as you can and then put it in the bag with the dessicant. This will pull the water out of the inner parts of the camera. Then, you can pop the dessicant in the oven as per the directions and it will be ready to reuse. You can always keep the dessicant in your bag just in case.

[@themonger42]

you parents are so cool great boat - love me a good ferry. thanks for sharing

[@thefareplayer2254]

I love how *cozy* this video feels! Something about a ferry in the rain and a cozy hotel in a seaside town feels so comforting.

[@MilesinTransit]

Someone on the Patreon commented that their partner saw them watching the video and said "What is that, found footage?" That really stuck with me!

[@stevetalkstoomuch]

The ferries around Seattle are similar but a bit bigger, good experience. Since she mentioned Erector Set (originally made in New Haven), Gilbert was inspired to create Erector Set by the catenary towers & gantries of the electrified NH Railroad.

[@paulhealy2557]

I like how some of this is footage others wouldn't consider using

[@barbeerian]

Strait you can pass through. Sound you can't. Sound is like a big bay.

[@kathrynstemler6331]

What’s the difference between a sound and a fjord?

[@barbeerian]

@@kathrynstemler6331 cliffs and Norwegian Blue parrots

[@bluewhaleadventures152]

More Miles Dad in Transit! Still laughing.

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

4:50. THIS IS THE QUALITY MILES-IN-TRANSIT CONTENT WE LOVE. EVEN IF IT IS A FERRY. BOOOOOOOOOOOO ;-)

[@HumblElephant]

What an absolute hoot your parents are, and what i wouldn’t give to travel across the US with your dad and a gang of australians - sounds like the trip of a lifetime

[@SamRoss68]

I rode that ferry around 1-2x/year for about 20 years, on and off. It's a classic ferry experience with a lot of amenities and their past renovations were really needed. Being a pedestrian is rough getting on and off lol, that hasn't changed. The insides on the old ferry models were very claustrophic and had shorter ceilings, the new models are very appreciated. I forget exactly when the shop/waiting room was built on the Bridgeport side, but the previous boarding area was a dinky polluted parking lot next to that power plant. Port Jefferson is a nice town to visit in the summer. Congrats to your mom!

[@jraynorlxx]

There are axes near the lifeboat for manually releasing the lifeboat in the event the releasing mechanism fail when you actually need the lifeboat. I'd guess that axes is for similar use case for other emergency related event.

[@MilesinTransit]

Ohhhh, thank you!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I see you still get flashbacks from the Melrose butter cake 😂. Ah yes, Impractical Jokers..."Miles had a rainy trip on the ferry, making him tonight's big loser". Whoa, your mom is a playwright?! That's so awesome! I’ve taken that ferry to see an insect-themed Cirque du Soleil show called OVO at an arena (I’ve also seen Kurios under the Grand Chapiteau on Randalls Island in NYC which they provided free shuttle service from Harlem for)! The first ferry service between Bridgeport and Port Jefferson began in 1872 and after that was a success, the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company was subsequently founded in 1883 by several backers, including the infamous entrepreneur PT Barnum (who also had ties to Bridgeport), and of course they have a ferry named after him. Barnum owned a tract of land which ran through the village. His intention was to make Port Jefferson the home base for his circus, founded in 1871. The residents blocked his plans, and he eventually sold his land. As mentioned on the plate, the MV Grand Republic was built in 2003 by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Florida, at a cost of $15 million. She was built to the same specifications as the PT Barnum, with only minor mechanical and cosmetic differences between the two vessels. Like the PT Barnum, the Grand Republic is 300 feet long and 52 feet wide and has capacity for 120 cars. Port Jefferson is a nice place with a good walkable core with great seafood, though the LIRR station is outside the walkable core of the village in neighboring Port Jefferson Station! Port Jefferson's original name was Sowaysset, a Native American term for either "place of small pines" or "where water opens".

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

so THAT's why there is a Barnum Ave "down Port"! Very cool, did not know that!

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Thanks!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks so much!!

[@lponm]

I like this ferry much more than driving through the Bronx. The car trips do sell out during holidays like Thanksgiving weekend. I've been to a wedding at The Danforth. There's an upper level with tables. It's aight.

[@davidsaunders6700]

Always informative and entertaining. Btw, your parents are great!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!

[@MrMatteNWk]

1:02 I'm sure Ned moved up a bit when we found out he never shot his dog

[@RoadCone411]

This trip is much much better on a dry, sunny Summer day (like today! - July 2024)

[@ylette]

Your parents are awesome!

[@danieltasehayden]

More Miles Dad please!

[@acarr506]

A great video. Your Mom & Dad are awesome.

[@officialmcdeath]

From memory, it was the band Quiet Riot that used the term 'talking to Ralph and Raoul' - oh and thank you for sharing your parents with us once again, they are precious \m/

[@GojiMet86]

Congrats to your mom on her play. All Hail The Playwright!

[@baseballfan99]

I think you should only travel on ferries when it’s raining. Niche content.

[@psychorabbitt]

4:08 Miles: "Oh! Builder's plate!" Me, a Star Trek nerd: "You mean a dedication plaque?"

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

more excellent ferry content this time with bonus excellent hotel room thats almost an apartment and awesome bonus family content! i actually watched this with one of my children.

[@justinlinville3]

This video is great. Always been curious about ferries in the New York area. I know you can take SeaStreak from NYC to Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard. Would be curious to see that route. Hope you enjoyed your mom's play!

[@joermnyc]

My step father-in-law and his brother went on an ocean fishing excursion way off the coast of New Jersey… and both of them found out they were NOT good in rough seas… paid all that money and they were down for the count the whole time. Poor guys. My wife and I did the ferry across the Irish Sea (Holyhead to Dublin) in bad seas, Dramamine was barely enough for her, but I was fine… I guess I had some seafaring ancestors (and she did not, and either did her step-dad’s family).

[@Hahlen]

OH YEAH FERRY CONTENT

[@howardberk8396]

Your parents are fantastic and are deserved of their own channel ❣️ If that’s not an option, please make more videos with them included ❣️

[@travelsofmunch1476]

nothing like a ferry to get the people going

[@willy.william4582]

3:20 to those wondering, the term "poop deck" actually comes from an anglicized verison of the french term "le poupe" or "the stern, and on classic sailing ships, think any 1700s sailing ship, the poop deck is the raised section, typically above the captain's quarters, where the main steering wheel would be, hence the popularity of the term

[@DingeZZ]

A narrows is a broad term to describe a narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water. A strait is a type of narrow that connects two seas. A sound is a large body of water that is connect to the sea. Technically the East River is not a river, but a strait. In a way, you could view the Long Island Sound as all three.

[@bkark0935]

And then you have a freshwater type of strait (at least in French called a “détroit.”) So yes, Detroit is the “City of the Strait.” As the Detroit and Saint Clair River system is the inland strait connecting the freshwater seas of Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

[@brettb-h2831]

Another popular Australian saying for throwing up is "Driving the porcelain bus"

[@MilesinTransit]

Man, there are so many!

[@HansiDampf]

What a wonderful trip on the ferry. These great landscape shots. And the older gentleman you call father was full of useful knowledge. And finally we all have a better idea of what it's like to look through your always very clean glasses 🤗

[@anthony3246]

I had a moment like you on the bow where I rode it for the first time in winter around 4 pm and the cold wind blowing in my face and the sunset made it majestic. I was screaming into the wind lol.

[@andrewclark8630]

Ah yes, did that trip in 1993. Glad to see it hasn't changed. Orient Point to New London is a fun trip too.

[@nashorn9745]

I was on a ferry in Norway once and there where huge waves that came over the bow and splashed against the front of the passenger deck. So many passengers where very unwell so i decided to go to the observation deck and stand behind the bridge. One of the deckhand’s was painting the boat in these waves.

[@shanemharris]

There is also a bar on the ferry too. It's usually really chill over there

[@TheFinnGamer]

Laughed out loud on how foggy the lens was when it went to the next day 😂

[@kathrynstemler6331]

I *love* your parents!

[@michaelimbesi2314]

8:22 Those things are inflatable life rafts. If the ferry sinks, they pop open and the liferaft inside self-inflates. They look like round floating tents and come in various sizes. They’re equipped with a lot of survival features and are surprisingly durable.

[@DuluthTW]

Please tell your mom, "Congratulations on having her play produced." That's incredible. It seemed to be a miserably rainy trip for a very good cause. The bonus hotel suite at the end was perfect. Karma in action! I don't know if this is popular anywhere else but in MN when someone hurls we say "They went to praise the porcelain god." I too have often wondered what the difference is between a straight, narrow, channel, gulf, inlet, and there's another word I can't remember right now. Perhaps one term is used over others based on the accepted vernacular. I learned to wear rain boots on ferries when it rains. Thanks for sharing!

[@Kendra-sm6cn]

You guys seem so fun to be around 😂❤ i love the bond yall have

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

My mom grew up in Port Jeff (actually Port Jeff Station further up the hill), she & my dad went to Port Jeff High, spent much of my childhood there, and my first paid musical gig was at Theatre Three! Way back in 1981 - yikes. Memories.....Oh - was that Danford's? Can't remember if they were just a restaurant or a hotel too.....many of my high school friends had summer jobs there.

[@MilesinTransit]

Danfords, yeah!

[@davidsixtwo]

Drink that underpass train juice goodness! Great opener "we don't eat dessert" this just keeps getting better! "Is this rough weather... I call this a six" it's a 3

[@chrisrobarge8034]

Never have I been happier to be in the credits

[@MilesinTransit]

Aww, thank you!

[@GWVillager]

I love your parents! You should try a proper, long distance ferry one day. It’s the best mode of transit when you have a cabin!

[@MilesinTransit]

I did one in Spain - it'll be awhile before that video gets released, but it BLEW MY MIND, and I'm very excited to edit it just for the memories!

[@GWVillager]

@@MilesinTransit Oh wow! Where to?

[@MilesinTransit]

@@GWVillager Barcelona to Palma!

[@GWVillager]

​@@MilesinTransit That must have been fantastic, I'd love to take a ferry across the Mediterranean.

[@marshmallows5641]

"Do you want my sock?" 🤣 I think you might have sort of rain curse when it comes to ferries! First the Halifax one, now this one!

[@raymondmuench3266]

Did your dad actually say, “Lon Guyland”? The most Brooklyn thing ever! Hats awf tuh him!

[@michaelimbesi2314]

8:49 Fire axe, also useful for cutting lifeboat painters (the ropes that hold the life rafts to the ship) if needed.

[@yukaira]

miles is on a ferry streak!

[@bkark0935]

They mention UpChuck, Hurl, Yack, Puke, etc. but forgot to say (the best of them all) “Ralph?” He did a “Ralph O’Hurley!”

[@DavidGlendinning]

Many congratulations to your Mum on her play! Also, totally un-related: ...a friend of mine from Pittsburgh used to call throwin' up _"Shoutin' at yer shoes..."_ 😎

[@TheTransitChannel]

It was nice to see your dad again, Miles! I remembered that your dad had a beard when you were doing the cheapest way from Miami to Key West with him. Your mom didn't made an appearance in that video. 🙂

[@johnandrews23]

Anytime I go under a train bridge, I'm glad they aren't running those old cars that had toilets that dumped down on the tracks.

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

I volunteer at a railroad museum and all the kids get a kick out of the fact that you can see the ties underneath the toilet! I also have to remind everyone NOT to use that...

[@mountainclawoutdoors]

How very "mom" Bringing her own tea bags My mom would appreciate that

[@EmeraldCrimsonShadowPeach2K5]

I thought it was really cool that we got to see your parents for the first time. They seem very nice. Also, congrats to your Mom on her play!

[@LeahLeah222]

They’re in old videos on this channel. A Miami video and I think a Spain video.

[@shakiylastepney8859]

The Dad appears in some videos

[@MilesinTransit]

They've both been in videos before, and they'll be in some upcoming ones too!

[@phronsiekeys]

Horrible weather but fun video. I love your parents. Exciting about your Mom's playl

[@ayrton7007PeCaPepepepe]

Love how relax is your relationship with your parents ♥️ Ps: I’m not a pariah 🤣🤣🤣

[@broyofroyo1207]

I love B-PJ ferry

[@cheesebuger13]

This ferry is a great one time expierence espically if you live on LI or in CT.

[@NoLongerBreathedIn]

If you saw someone in a blue rainjacket fall down the steps and start cursing up a storm, that was me. It took weeks for my ankle to heal from the twisting. This is assuming video was taken May 5th.

[@lostathermal427]

Some of the Australian terms Miles Dad forgot include tactical vom, boot and praying to the porcelain god

[@MilesinTransit]

Oh hell yeah

[@chrispontani6059]

I would have thought this involved taking the LIRR from Port Jeff to Grand Central and Metro North back to Bridgeport.

[@KC3YCU]

Should've got Dramamine to sponsor this video

[@BrunoAlexLUX]

"You want my sock? It's clean" Miles' dad, 2024

[@lauramichet]

I was just wondering if you were ever going to do this ferry! This is the ferry I take every year to visit family for the holidays… I have eaten so many miserable snacks in that building on the Bridgeport side. I recorded a bunch of ambient audio in different parts of the ferry for a games project once too

[@verynormalvic]

If your dad thinks he doesn't have a boston accent he's lying to himself. i wish i had an accent like that LOL

[@Gravity461]

Been on that ferry many times