Welcome to Island Life & Travel Tips

This is where we share the best of San Juan Island—from local secrets and seasonal adventures to spa insights and guest-favorite experiences.

These posts are written by Earthbox staff and guest contributors who live, work, and explore here year-round—so you’re getting the real inside scoop.

We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we love creating and sharing them!
 

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San Juan Island, Washington
10 Reasons to Visit San Juan Island in September

Beautiful San Juan Island is nestled between the Olympic Mountains and Vancouver Island, just 65 miles north of Seattle. Precisely because of those mountains the...

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Mt. Young San Juan Island Washington
How well do you know San Juan Island? Do the Insider Test!

Perhaps you have been coming here since you were a little kid. Maybe you consider San Juan Island your home away from home. You have...

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Friday Harbor Ferry
How to Plan the Perfect Family Reunion on San Juan Island

You love them, your family. You long to get them all together, hold the new baby, see all the kids grow up, lovingly tease your...

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San Juan Island, Washington
10 San Juan Island Must-Do’s for First Timers

There is so much to do on beautiful San Juan Island and in cute Friday Harbor, it may be hard to decide how to prioritize...

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The docks of beautiful Friday Harbor, Washington
The Best Places to Shop in Friday Harbor

The Washington State Ferry and Kenmore Air’s Seaplanes land right on the shores of beautiful Friday Harbor. Everything in town from restaurants and museums to...

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5 Totally Uncrowded Places on San Juan Island in the Summer

With kids in school and 9 to 5 jobs you are most likely going on vacation when everybody else is; in the Summer, on weekends...

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Lavender Festival
The one Summer Festival you don’t want to miss – San Juan Island Lavender Festival on San Juan Island

Visiting San Juan Island’s Pelindaba Lavender Farm is always a treat. The serenity and beauty of this place with its rolling lavender fields, speckled with...

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Traveling with Purpose on San Juan Island, Cattle Point Lighthouse
Traveling with Purpose on San Juan Island

Nowhere is ecological fragility quite as apparent as on an island in an ocean sharing its waters with wildlife, recreation and industry. I was painfully...

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Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington
Visiting San Juan Island without a Car - Guest Blog

Find out what Seattle Refined Magazine has to say about the joys and ease of visiting San Juan Island without a car!