Best place to watch flight practice from Ault Field?

My dad is a retired Navy pilot (F-14 and A-7 era) and will be visiting me in Bellingham at the end of the month. I wanted to bring him down to Whidbey to watch flight practice. I know we will need to check the weekly flight schedule to figure out the best day to come down.

The base’s PIO let me know that Outlying Field is closed for construction, so we would need to go somewhere to try to catch the action from Ault Field instead. He said they’re typically using the East-West runway this time of year and so recommended trying to park at Dugualla Bay Farm.

But does anyone have additional recommendations? He is over 70 so somewhere without a lot of walking on uneven ground and somewhere WITH shade would be best.