WOODS on Pender

WOODS calls itself a glamping resort, which undersells the situation. Nine polished Airstream trailers sit in the forest off Canal Road, each with a full kitchen, a proper bathroom with a stand-alone shower, a cedar deck, a fire pit, and its own private hot tub. This is camping in the way that a yacht is a rowboat, technically the same family, spiritually a different species.

If aluminum is not your material, three rustic cabins come with fireplaces and porch swings, and a nine room motel handles shorter stays. The on site Coffee + Kitchen restaurant turns out coffee and pastries that reviewers rank among the best in the Gulf Islands, which for a small island a ferry ride from anywhere is not a small claim.

There is also the WOODS Nordic Spa, booked in two hour sessions for up to four people, so you can alternate hot and cold and emerge feeling briefly Scandinavian. Google reviewers hold the place at 4.7 stars, and the summer calendar behaves the way 4.7 star calendars do, which is to say book early.