Alex and I spent Saturday looking at wedding sites in the San Juan Islands. There were 2 big learnings: #1 It's a pretty big schlep getting out to the San Juan Islands & #2 My parents have a prettier view than any of the wedding sites out there. The best of the lot was the Orcas Hotel where the manager was a really nice guy, and you could do a reception for 100 for under $10,000. Second place goes to Lakedale Resorts with a laid back compound atmosphere.

Here's the full set of sites we looked at:
San Juan Island

• Lakedale Resorts
  
• Roche Harbor
  

Orcas Island

• Rosario Resort
  
• West Beach Resort
  
• Deer Harbor Inn
  
• Homestead Orcas (we didn't visit, but we'd been there before)
  
• Orcas Hotel
  

For a full list of wedding sites in the San Juan islands, check out Travel San Juans (.com) or San Juans: List of 10.