San Juan Island, Washington

We have just returned from San Juan Island where we saw, too briefly, Orca whales. Since, during the siting I was in the passenger seat on the other side of the big bluff holding all of the cars that had stopped there for whale watching, I cannot absolutely swear that I really DID see whales....more a good splash... but T. did and can swear for me.
There will be no whale images and not even good splash images but perhaps the shots included here will give you an idea of the place.

Friday Harbor, the biggest town of the islands in the San Jaun Straights, about eight square blocks, is approached by ferry or air. We flew from Seattle in a single prop plane manned, in both cases, by casual young pilots who jokingly gave out the safety instructions - "don't fool with the shoulder strap. Useless". There were other seriously helpful suggestions but all given in such a state of merriment that one hardly thought of, well, one prop, one pilot, lots of water. Really.
More island to follow.