Travel plans/Winter 2015: Difference between revisions

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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.

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.

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

Which kitchen equipment are available?
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?

We can join a coop for a month for 10USD.

Kings Market is open 7:30-21:00 every day.

Befriend alpacas at Krystal Acres
Feed Popeye the one-eyed harbor seal.
Say hi to orcas. We can listen to orcas when they swim nearby: http://orcasound.net/
- stalk resident orcas via satellite
- look for J50 and mystery babymama
- Check and report any sightings on The Whale Hotline (citizen science!)
Figure out if/how we can visit Mona the camel (!).
Improve the article for Friday Harbor on Wikivoyage
Visit other San Juan Islands
Golf options: San Juan GCC, Lopez Island Golf Club, and Orcas Island Golf Club may all be closed, but we can check.
Potential hikes
- Mt. Young
- Mt. Finlayson
- Mt. Constitution (Orcas Island) - highest point on San Juan Islands, 360° view. Note that Mt. Constitution is part of Moran State Park. You can download a map of the park (pdf).
Add hiking trails & bike-friendliness info to OSM
- Can we add street view for OSM around San Juan Island?
Bicycling!
- Island Cycles seems to rent bikes and has great info on their website.
San Juan Island Fitness Club seems to have a 25 yard pool, weight room, etc.
San Juan Islands Museum of Art
- opening of new building w/inaugural exhibition Feb. 14
Documentary film festival - Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday

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

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.

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 **[http://sanjuanislands.kulshan.com/Washington/San%20Juan%20County/San%20Juan%20Island/Friday%20Harbor/Outdoors/Mount%20Young.htm Mt. Young]
 **[http://sanjuanislands.kulshan.com/Washington/San%20Juan%20County/San%20Juan%20Island/Friday%20Harbor/Outdoors/Mount%20Finlayson.htm Mt. Finlayson]
-**[http://www.thesanjuans.com/orcas-island-places/orcas-parks-forest/orcas-islands-mt-constitu.shtml Mt. Constitution] (Orcas Island) - highest point on San Juan Islands, 360° view
+**[http://www.thesanjuans.com/orcas-island-places/orcas-parks-forest/orcas-islands-mt-constitu.shtml Mt. Constitution] (Orcas Island) - highest point on San Juan Islands, 360° view. Note that Mt. Constitution is part of [http://www.parks.wa.gov/547/Moran Moran State Park]. You can [http://www.parks.wa.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1910 download a map of the park (pdf)].
 *Add [http://sanjuanislandtrails.org/trailsw/ hiking trails] & [http://sanjuanislandtrails.org/biking/bicycle-routes/ bike-friendliness info] to OSM
 ** Can we add [https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/80553/is-there-an-opensource-way-of-making-streetview-panoramas street view] for OSM around San Juan Island?