New York Times ponders San Juans’ ferry puzzles

On Sept. 11 the San Juan Islands were featured in the New York Times - not for the region's stunning beauty, or its self-reliant community - but the perplexing population of puzzles aboard its ferries.

On Sept. 11 the San Juan Islands were featured in the New York Times – not for the region’s stunning beauty or its self-reliant community – but the perplexing population of puzzles aboard its ferries.

Writer William Yardley explores the shy life of puzzles and their transitory puzzlers aboard the Hyak during a sunny fall day on the Salish Sea.