Travel plans/Winter 2015

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.

Dates

• 2015 January 30 to March 7

Transportation

• Options for seaplanes

• 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.

• The west side of the island is quite hilly.

Weather in February

• High between 5-10°C and low 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?
• Are linens/blankets provided or do we bring our own?
• Are there monitors/keyboards in the studios? If so, how many?

To Do

Work

• write papers

Other

• Befriend alpacas at Krystal Acres
• Feed Popeye
• Say hi to orcas
• Improve the article for Friday Harbor on Wikivoyage
• Visit other San Juan Islands
• Golf?

Things To Buy

• HA12W directional wireless antenna (Aaron?)
• HW2R1 wireless repeater/bridge (Aaron?)

Things to bring

• Passport
• The Abyss (Krystle)
• Wifi router
• Monitors (if necessary)
• External keyboards (if necessary)
• USB chargers
• Projector, cords (Mika&Mako)
• Camera
• Bicycles, helmets, lights, gloves
• ? Camping or hiking gear?

Things not to bring

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)