Spring Awakening San Juan Island – Wildflowers, Whales & Wonder

How does the seed know when to sprout? How do birds know when to migrate? Spring reminds us that we are part of a larger rhythm, nature’s wonder. Come experience this shift on gorgeous San Juan Island, where the ocean giants are returning and the prairies are abloom with wildflowers in April.

Self-Care

You know how they tell you on a flight to put the oxygen mask on yourself first, before you are able to help others? Restore harmony in your body, mind, and spirit.

Treat yourself to at the Spa Day at the cozy Spa at Earthbox, complete with massage, facial, and pool-house access. Drop in a yoga or meditation class at Atma Yoga, just steps from your Friday Harbor hotel. Breathe the fresh, salty air.

Shift Focus

Shift from feeling powerlessness to taking actionable steps.

Visit the fantastic Friday Harbor Whale Museum or go on a guided whale watching tour to learn about the challenges Orca whales are facing and what you can do to help. It may surprise you what impact you can have by switching to less harmful cleaning products or being conscientious about your single-use plastic consumption.

Restore Purpose

Purpose transforms despair into a sense of accomplishment.

San Juan Island’s annual “Litter Free by the Sea” Earth-Day-celebration–held on the Saturday after Earth Day–is a big deal. The entire community, visitors, islanders ,and friends come together and clean the isle’s beaches. There is a huge after-party at San Juan Brewing with prizes for the biggest and strangest trash, free beer for volunteers, live music, kids activities, and more.

Create Connection

Be with people. Not on Zoom or social, but live, real, here.

Join the teen flashlight Easter Egg hunt at Jackson Beach. Come for family bike day. Do a community pottery or parent-child art class in the cool art center tucked deep in the woods. Feel connected.