10 things you didn’t know about Washington State Ferries

By Johnine Larsen | September 16, 2014

The Washington State Ferries are iconic. But there’s more to those “fat ferries”  than meets the eye.  Did you know they were almost replaced by bridges? Or that they now bring more tourists to San Juan County than any other attraction? Here’s our list: #1: Measured by fleet size (23 vessels), Washington State Ferries is the…

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Puget Sound’s Baby Orca

By Johnine Larsen | September 9, 2014

Please welcome baby orca “L120” to the Puget Sound! This new calf is a welcome addition to our favorite orca whale population. A population that has, until this weekend, been shrinking. Dangerously. Before this new baby, the Puget Sound orca population had dropped to a twenty-nine-year low of 78 whales. Few babies were being born—and…

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