Resources for Bicyclists On (and Coming To) Vashon

General

• The Vashon Chamber (which refuses to affiliate with the state or national!) has a good set of general information on getting to the island, stores and restaurants, art galleries, bed and Breakfasts (no motels here please) and more of general interest.
• Vashon Map has a fun list of potential destinations around the island
• Glorious reporting of Vashon esprit: here and here and here
• We get the Wikipedia treatment
• Info on the Bike in the Tree, story debunked by Snopes, and some good photos in this blog
• Washington's rules of the road - for motorists as well as cyclists, courtesy of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.

Event & News Listings

• VashonCalendar.org
• VashonNews.com
• Vashon Beachcomber newspaper
• Vashon Loop newspaper
• Vashon Theatre
• Red Bike (frequent live acts)
• Blue Heron Arts (frequent live acts)

Ferries

• Seattle (Pier 50) to North Vashon (Room for ~10 bikes) King County Water Taxi
• West Seattle (Fauntleroy) to North Vashon (Vashon) car and passenger Ferry
• Olympic Peninsula (Southworth) to North Vashon (Vashon) car and passenger Ferry
• Tacoma/Ruston (Pt. Defiance) to South Vashon (Tahlequah) car and passenger Ferry

• Vashon Island Bicycles
  9925 SW 178th st. • 206-463-6225
• Vashon Chamber has lists of accommodations, places to eat and more