The San Juan Islands are located 60 miles north of Seattle, and south west of Bellingham. To get to any of the main islands - Lopez, Shaw, Orcas or San Juan Island - you need to take a ferry. It can take up to 2 hours to get where you are going (not including at least an hour wait in line). While in line, you can climb a tree. Once on the boat, you can sit back and enjoy the view or read trashy magazines.

The ferry starts from Anacortes, which itself is an island. You can get a very good view of Mt. Baker.