Honeymoon idea help

[Trek-chick]

The San Juan Islands are beautiful. DH and I went 2 summers ago and did some whale watching and stopped at Friday Harbour. We had an awesome lunch there (fish of course). We talk about going back and exploring more of the Islands next time.

[Crankin]

We went to the San Juans this summer. Our base was in Friday Harbor. We made it to Lopez Island for riding, and around San Juan, of course, but after figuring out we would spend all day/night on the ferry to ride on Orca and another day to go to Vancouver Island, we decided to ride less and did some hiking and other historical stuff, in addition to riding. I would want more than a week to do it all, and be able to stay overnight in Vancouver. Taking 4 huge suitcases on the ferry was a pain after flying across the country, and we got dirty looks and comments from people (like we were breaking some "rule")! However, when we said bikes were inside 2 of the suitcases, they softened.
I would go back.

[Irulan]

Um, not sure about booking months in advance for camping, unless it's the national parks. We camp all the time in the Rockies, both US and Canadian, in the summer. There is primitive camping and the provincial parks usually tent camping that doesn't require a site reservation. Most places hold a few sites for later comers unless its an obvious popular site on a holiday weekend. Plus with bikes you can do a lot of stealth camping

[jobob]

Great suggestions above.

In case you're looking for a place to overnight during your travels, I'll put in a plug for McMenamin's, they have locations throughout the PNW. And excellent brewpubs.