On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:48:17 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
. com...
My wife and I have talked about flying up to Washington state to visit
Orca island. My understanding is that they have Oracs that live their
year-round (they don't migrate).

It's "Orcas Island", with a short s ("Or-kiss").

snip lots of good advice

What you can do in addition is take ferries all over the place,
including to Victoria, BC, which is certainly worth a day. Hell, just
Busch Gardens (no relation the the American Beer guys) is worth a day.
Now that I think of it, from Victoria, you can take the Canadian
ferries to Vancouver, which is also worh a day -- but you need a car
there, while you can walk the best parts of Victoria.

Actually, I see that Peter is covering this in a response in another
post. Here's an additional suggestion: Rent a car and go north from
Vancouver along the Sunshine Coast. Every few miles, you'll cross the
mouth of a big fjord on a ferry. After several hours you'll run out
of road, but you can then take the Ferry across to Campbell River on
Vancouver Island and drive back down the coast there and take a ferry
back to Vancouver from Nanaimo or Tsawassen. Then fly the same route
in your plane.

Don