Orcas Island was a magical place full of adventure at Moran State Park and life in the ocean that was so accessible all around. We enjoyed shopping in Eastsound, hiking and swimming at Moran state park, sailing through Orcas Island Sailing Co. (Nat is awesome) and motored around with a boat rental through Orcas Boat rentals. Allow wiggle time for such scheduled events because phone service is spotty (you will lose your GPS signal) and parking can be tricky. This house is like 2 houses stacked on top of eachother. Everything on the island is relatively close and under a 15 minute drive to get most places from the house. There is a volleyball net (with no ball), fire pit, outdoor seating, and a separate grassy area in the back with a toy trunk equipped with baseball gloves, balls, and other outdoor games for kids or lively adults. We did almost all cooking and eating at the house and the kitchens were able to accommodate us well. There were a couple of maintenance issues like a recces light coming out and the door atop the stairs coming off of the hinges. There were also frequent visits by neighborhood dogs (so many dogs on this island!) but overall the house was great. The ferry is definitely something to plan around and mixed with Seattle traffic you need to give yourself almost a full day to travel if you are flying. We took a return ferry to Anacortes at 12:35 and my in laws missed their 5pm flight out of SEATAC due to traffic, had to purchase new tickets AND the rental car company charged them $130 in gas because they didn't have time to fill up. Great place to vacation, would love to return but may chose a different house in which we could walk to the water. I think we will have to book more in advance for such places.