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A Washington State Ferries crew on Saturday helped the Coast Guard rescue six people and two dogs from a boat in Rosario Strait.

Natural harbors are always picturesque, but Doe Bay is framed with paintinglike symmetry: rocky outcroppings in the foreground, Cypress and Blakely Islands in the middle ground and a view of Rosario Strait stretching as far as Fidalgo Island to complete the scene.

The last time I’d seen orcas, it had been only dorsal fins, brief glimpses of slick black shapes in the water on a trip across the Rosario Strait between the San Juan Islands and Anacortes.

Continue past delightful little sea stacks and islets, concluding with views across Rosario Strait to Lopez Island.

Turn the other way for a surprising peek at arching Deception Pass Bridge, almost 8 miles away, across Rosario Strait.