so I'd also booked us a $300 whale-watching tour. Our tour was on the "mainland," so we drove up the bridge on the north end of Whidbey Island to get to the boat. It took us to San Juan Islands ...
Recently, we took a budget-friendly ferry ride from Olympic National Park to Whidbey Island. Wildlife sightings during the $21 car-ferry ride were better than ones on our whale-watching tour.