My Hostel is upscale from the European model. All rooms are private & I provide linen. After that, it's similar:
there's a common room, a shared kitchen, and communal laundry.
Hostelers bring their food and cook ... and clean up and wash dishes after.
The exception is that, the upstairs room is more like a studio apartment, with a separate entrance, kitchenette, lovely view and depending on how many guests I have, a private bath ...
We have good internet but no TV, ...
Nearby are:
- Clinton-Mukilteo Ferry
- The town of Langley
- Maxwelton Beach (Click to see)
each are ten minutes by car and < 30 minutes by bicycle
Whidbey Institute and Waldorf School are each 10 minutes walk through the forest.
Rates as of September 2015
- $30 a night for rooms, and
- $60 a night for the upstairs room
with the view, kitchen, deck, and
sometimes private bath.
- $15 for camping
If you really can't afford this, talk to me.
There is very limited bus service on the island. I have had people walk the 3 miles from the ferry. Easy bicycling. With proper notice, I can pick people up from the ferry.
Click on this picture to see a 2 minute video - out the back door
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also host longer term lodgers:
- 20 somethings figuring out their next adventure; - city refugees finding their place on the Island; - folks involved with the Whidbey Institute or the Waldorf School, wanting nearby lodging
Perhaps the the first most common remark of visitors,
is: "It's so quiet". Most find it pleasant, but one
person asked: : "How do you deal with that? But, we
are far from monastic. The quiet is regularly
punctuated with sounds of a barking dog, or an
airplane, or a chainsaw. And a Waldorf family
lives in the apartment above my garage; children playing
keeps the place from becoming somber.
 - I so delight in sharing those moments. |