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Copyright Derek Sheppard, 2006


Here's everything you need to get to and from the two important locations for the wedding weekend: Anna's parents' house and the AYH Youth Ranch Hostel. Please let us know if you still need help arranging your travel plans. And remember that green paper information insert that came with your invitation? It has all of this same information. If you misplaced it, just download it here as a .pdf file.

::Anna's parents' house
6719 39th Ave. SW
Seattl, WA 98136

Map here:

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By car:
From downtown Seattle (including all the suggested hotels)--
Take I-5 South
Take Exit 163A toward West Seattle Bridge / Spokane Street
Stay in the left lanes and follow signs to Fauntleroy Way
At the first light, turn left onto 35th Ave. SW
Turn right on SW Morgan (you'll see a U-Haul station)
Turn left on 39th Ave. SW
End at 6719 39th Ave. SW


::The Hostel
The hostel is located on Vashon Island, linked to Seattle by a ferry only. The ferry accommodates both walk-on and drive-on passengers, though it is cheaper to walk on. (A tool to calculate fares can be found here, but just know that it's about $4/person roundtrip, and cars are about $14 roundtrip).

We've made arrangements to bring walk-on guests from the point at which the ferry docks on Vashon Island to the hostel istself -- about 5 miles down the road. If you're walking on, parking is free in the area around the Fauntleroy ferry dock, but may be somewhat difficult to find. But guests can also just as easily drive on to the ferry and then drive to the hostel, where parking is also free and certainly more available.

Again, that green insert that came with your invitation has everything you need to know to successfully catch a ferry to Vashon and join the party. Download and print another copy here. Just a few easy steps to get to the wedding:

1. Get to the Fauntleroy ferry dock in West Seattle. It's located at:
          4829 SW Barton Street
          Seattle, WA 98136

Map here:

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Park around the dock in the surrounding neighborhood if you're walking onto the ferry, or drive into the dock and ticket booth area if you're driving on.

2. Get to Vashon Island
Ferries leave for Vashon from Fauntleroy pretty regularly. On Saturday, July 26th we suggest these ferry departure times from Fauntleroy:

2:00pm
2:20pm
3:00pm

Walk-ons: arrive about 15 minutes early to catch your ferry.
Drive-ons: arrive about 45-60 minutes early to catch your ferry.

3. Get to the AYH Ranch Hostel
If you walked on to the ferry, look for the shuttle once you get off of the ferry on Vashon. If you drive on, the hostel is 5 miles away after you get off the ferry, and there is parking at the hostel.

Hostel is located at:
12119 SW Cove Road
Vashon, WA 98070

Map here:

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4. Party

5. Get off the island eventually...

Walk-ons will be shuttled back to the Vashon ferry dock at the end of the evening. Drive-ons, of course, may leave whenever (but no drunk driving please!). Some suggested departure times for getting off of Vashon at the end of the night:

8:05pm
8:50pm
9:50pm
10:20pm

And, really, ferries run pretty much all night...