August 19, 2026 Although I grew up in the San Juan Islands, I never went whale watching or saw an orca there. In fact, until this July as we were approaching Heimaey, Iceland I had never seen an orca in the wild. My best friend from high school, Ranatta, had never been whale watching and it was on her bucket list, so we got together finally went! We booked with Island Adventures and had an amazing experience. The boat was the best I had been on for whale watching. (I had been