The San Juan Islands are beautiful from land and sea. Whether you’re hiking, biking, kayaking, sailing, or just riding the ferry, you can’t help but be struck by that. But what about from the air?
This video is primarily about the plane, but I like it because it gives you a real sense of what soaring over the islands in a small plane would be like.
It’s an amphibian plane called the Nardi FN.333, which first flew in 1952. Out of the 26 such aircraft built, only half a dozen are believed flyable today, and it’s a very cool looking plane!
It really makes me want to go find a small plane, and fly around the islands, landing in little harbors here or there. How incredibly cool that would be! 
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We wrapped up our San Juan Islands tours for this year back in August, and I’m already looking forward to going again! And if I ever lose that feeling, I’ll just watch this video again.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Marie Bernal // Oct 15, 2009 at 9:52 am
I love love love the San Juan Islands!! I visited last year with my husband and we had a lovely time hiking around and soaking up the sun. I wish I would have known about the amphibian plane; it would have been amazing to tour a few of the islands with that. You have complete access to any of the islands and you can land right on the water! Next time we go (hopefully soon) i will definately look into renting one of these for the day! Thanks for the post!
2 Deanna Keahey // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:06 pm
It’s a gorgeous place, isn’t it? Glad to hear you enjoyed it. You can get amphibian planes from Seattle that take you out to the islands.
3 London Plumber // Dec 15, 2009 at 5:00 am
What an amazing place. I agree with all the comments.
4 Oklahoma Cabins // Jan 21, 2010 at 7:44 am
I don’t have money to go anywhere, so I enjoy reading other people’s travel blogs. Thank you for sharing the experience with me.
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