it was beautiful, but felt 'booji' to me. a lot of retirees and spoiled rich silver spooners. BUT there were also some of the Northwest's best and brightest, geology freaks, biology freaks, sustainable living freaks, motorheads and a (few) tweakers for good measure.
getting around on the islands is kind of a bitch, unless you have a boat. we missed seeing a humpback whale by about an hour.