What to do
- Watch for Orcas from the deck. You can spot them best by listening for their blowhole sound, or looking where all the whale watch boats are congregating.
- Come and help us sell hard cider, apple brandy and Spy Hop Gin at San Juan Island Distillery, or just come taste.
- Go for a Kayak trip at one of the many tour sites, all of the harbors around the island have companies that offer kayak tours.
- Take a bike ride around the scenic roads on the island. Not very many cars, lots of bikes in the summer. Friday Harbor has a bike rental place on Argyle Street, Island Bicycle.
- Visit a Roche Harbor and go to afterglow spa and get an island stone massage, heavenly.
- Go for a walk around historic Friday Harbor and visit our favorite art galleries: Waterworks and Arctic Raven. They are only a few blocks apart.
- Visit Roche Harbor, take a walk along the waterfront toward Mosquito Pass, come back for lunch at the waterfront at Madrona Grill (have their dungeness crab salad, it's so worth it).
- Save at least one night for dinner at Coho -- the chef there uses almost all local ingredients and makes the best food on the island. Get a reservation, it's a small place!