Travel plans/Winter 2015

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OSM map of Friday Harbor

This page is for planning the retreat at the Whiteley Center on the Friday Harbor campus on San Juan Island between January 30 to March 7.

Lots of general information about Friday Harbor is available on the Friday Harbor entry on WikiVoyage and we should contribute there where possible.


Transportation

  • Island Airporter: Shuttle service from Seatac to Friday Harbor. Monday through Saturday (no Sunday service). Pickup in Friday Harbor Dock at 5:45 and at Seatac at 12PM.
  • Bellair Airporter shuttle: Operates a (much more frequent) shuttle service between Seatac and Anacortes Ferry terminal with departures roughly every 2 hours. $37 one-way; $68 round-trip. Accepts online reservations. Requires that you handle the ferry portion of the trip separately.
  • WA DOT ferries connect Friday Harbor with the other islands and Anacortes. Note that the Washington DOT recently implemented a reservation system (which probably won't matter to us since we're visiting in the off-season).
  • The west side of the island is quite hilly.

Weather in February

Generally, highs will be between 5-10°C and lows between 0-5°C. Monthly averages are described here. Snow is uncommon.

Questions for the staff at the Whitely Center

  • Which kitchen equipment are available?
    • coffee grinder?
    • good knives?
    • cast iron pans?
    • mixer/blender?
  • Are there monitors/keyboards in the studios? If so, how many?
  • What shipping address can we use to send books and other personal items to the center? (Aaron thinks he found the answer, see below)

Shipping & Mail

Ordinary mail addressed to visitors (note: it might be a good idea to address things to Mako for now) at the address below will be placed in the mailboxes in the entrance hall of the Fernald Labs. The office staff will sign for express packages and the like (same address, 360-378-2165 for the phone).

Whiteley Center
620 University Road
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
  • Requested USPS mail forwarding service for those 5 weeks (Mika&Mako).

Shops

  • There are a few grocery stores in Friday Harbor.
We can join a coop for a month for 10USD.
Kings Market is open 7:30-21:00 every day.

Some things to do

Things To Buy

Things to bring

  • Passport (for excursions to Canada!)
  • The Abyss (Krystle)
  • Monitors (if necessary)
  • External keyboards (if necessary)
  • USB chargers
  • Projector, cords (Mika&Mako)
  • Camera
  • Bicycles, helmets, lights, gloves
  • ? Camping or hiking gear?
  • Personal toiletries (shampoo, soap etc.)
  • Cottages do not have alarm clocks/clock radios or flashlights. We may might want to bring those as well.
  • Food — the Dining Hall will be closed.
  • Wok?
  • Foam roller
  • Binoculars

Things not to bring

We won't need to bring:

  • Bedding/bath towels will be supplied at $5.78 per week for each occupied bedroom.
  • Kitchen essentials. Apparently: "Your kitchen is nicely stocked with the essential equipment for cooking."

The Whiteley center has some restrictions on what we can bring to the cottage or the Friday Harbor Laboratory campus.

  • Animals (FHL campus)
  • Children (just the cottages)