Want to get away from the craziness that is Seattle during the Fourth of July? Try the San Juan Islands. This Seattlest will be packing her camping gear and kayak to explore the beautiful (and likely rainy, WTF?) San Juan Islands.

If a tent and campfire are not up your alley, the islands offer a few inns and B&B’s that cater to every need from luxury spa service to private airplane tours.

How do you get to the San Juan Islands? You have a few options. The most common is by ferry and Anacortes has cheap and easy ferry options. If traveling by the Anacortes ferry over the holiday weekend, the fare is roughly $14 by foot. That will take you all the way to Friday Harbor, which is then only a stone throw away from Turn Island, where all the fun people will be spending the holiday weekend.