South Beachon Guemes Island. Credit: docentjoyce/Flickr CC
Guemes Island
If your family’s goal is a sloooww pace, Guemes is just the ticket. Ride bikes, rent kayaks or spend your time beachcombing. Guemes is also a geocaching hot spot, so if your kids love scavenger hunts in nature, this island will be right up their alley.
Nicole J. Persun is an award-winning novelist, writing instructor and the former digital content producer for ParentMap. Read her latest books under the pen name Jennifer Gold.