What's the first thing you should unpack
when you arrive at The Inn at Langley? Your
binoculars. Every single one of this inn's 26 rooms, suites and
cottages has a world class view across the Saratoga Passage and
while whale sightings are not exactly ho-hum, you wouldn't call
them a rarity either. The day I checked in, the woman at the
front desk was still visibly excited about spotting a large pod
of orcas earlier in the morning.

I became visibly excited when
I laid eyes on my cottage duplex with a roomy patio, two
fireplaces, dimmer switches throughout (lovely touch) and walls
of window facing straight out over the sound which was so close I
could hear it lapping onto the shore. At certain times of the
year lucky guests can also hear migrating pods of grey whales
...