We had to get up at 5.00 AM to catch the 7.30 AM ferry to Anacortes.  We were told that we should be at the ferry an hour early to make sure we got on and we had to drive across part of the Island to get to the ferry landing at Orcas Village.   The good news was that we had lots of time to  explore, take pictures and have coffee. 

I liked this view from the harbour and how the light was falling on the distant Island.

We saw these arbutus trees all over the Islands.  I really liked the colour of the trunks.

There were bunnies everywhere.

After exploring the marina and ferry docks, I climbed back up the hill to get a picture of the harbour from above.

A view from the ferry.

A close up view of an island with a grove of arbutus trees.

I was trying to get a good shot of Mount Baker from the ferry but it was difficult because I was shooting into the sun and the mountains were misty so I turned the shot into a black and white type effect.

Then I decided that the color version showed off Mount Baker a little better.  

After we left the ferry terminal at Anacortes (Fidalgo Island) we drove through Deception Pass State Park which is just before Whidbey Island.  The park has 77,000 feet of saltwater shoreline and 33,900 feet of freshwater shoreline on three lakes.  I liked the bridge that crossed over.

The park has lots of rugged cliffs with beautiful views.

John pointed out the bird to me so I took a quick shot.  I liked the red colour on its wings.  I was told this was a Cedar Waxwing Bird.

Another view of the rugged cliffs and shoreline.

Wendy and I walked back across the bridge to take some photographs.

We spent the afternoon driving and exploring some cute little towns.   One of the towns we stopped to explore was Langley on  South  Whidbey Island.   I took  this picture of  Puget Sound with Mount Baker  in the background.

We stopped to explore Langley for about an hour.  

At the end of the day we caught a ferry back to the mainland and drove on the old highway 99 to Seattle.