Want an island paradise that doesn’t necessitate a bikini wax? Head to the archipelago off the coast of Seattle known as the San Juan Islands. In the summertime, the two largest isles, Orcas and San Juan, are a breezy idyll, where bald eagles soar, orca whales play, and the beaver population remains unapologetically hirsute.
It’s some kind of Juan-derful.
Credits: Courtesy of Lakedale Resort at Three Lakes
Torn between two lovers: movie night and nature? Take in the former on a blanket at the park or at an old-fashioned drive-in — and leave the hard questions for some other day.