Dream of escaping to an island, for the slower pace and stunning views? An illustrated love letter to the Pacific Northwest’s iconic islands–focusing on Puget Sound, the San Juans, and Canada’s Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island–this guide charms and educates travelers, locals, and armchair adventurers alike.
Kick back, relax, and get On Island Time! This quirky illustrated travel guide showcases the hidden delights, natural wonders, and singular history of Washington and British Columbia’s islands, from the author of bestselling The Best Coast, Illustrated Adventures Along the West Coast Historic Highways. Including:
PUGET SOUND
Bainbridge
Vashon-Maury
Whidbey
The South Sound
SAN JUAN ISLANDS
Fidalgo
San Juan
Orcas
Lopez
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver Island
The Gulf Islands
The Sunshine Coast
Featuring hundreds of illustrations and hand-drawn maps, On Island Time is bursting with ideas aplenty for island-hopping excursions, from the best place for pie and steamed mussels on Whidbey Island, the most picturesque hikes in the San Juans, and the town on Vancouver Island to visit for salmon angling. Chock-full of unusual facts, hidden history, and roadside attractions, On Island Time celebrates a slower lifestyle that is diverse, fascinating, and altogether magical.
About the author, Chandler O'Leary:
'I am an illustrator, letterer(erer) and entrepreneur living and working in the Pacific Northwest. I graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and I started my one-woman business in 2004. I was born 50 miles west of Wall Drug, grew up on Cape Cod, spent a year in Rome, and have crept more or less westward ever since. Now I’ve settled in Washington State with my husband and son, in a century-old Craftsman house overlooking the Salish Sea. It sits within the traditional homelands of the Puyallup people, who have lived and worked here for millennia—they know this area as caləłali in the txwəlšucid (Twulshootseed) language. On summer nights the light from a pair of lighthouses blinks through my bedroom window, and from my studio I can hear gulls crying and sea lions barking—my favorite sounds in the world. I spend my days drawing pictures and every free moment criss-crossing the continent on winding back roads.'
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