Orcas easily lives up to the hype.
Don Juan Vincente de Guemes Pacheco y Padilla Orcasitees y Aquayo Conde de Revilla Gigedo. Connected by winding, narrow roads, the estimated 3,800 full-time residents are spread out in four population centers. On the east arm of the island is Olga, home of the Orcas Island Artworks and Doe Bay Resort, where mineral hot tubs and cedar sauna are still clothing-optional. On the west arm is Deer Harbor, site of a bustling marina surrounded by a quiet community with clapboard buildings that date back to the 1890s. Some weep from the back of the ferry as they pull away.