r/sanjuanislands

That’s the word on the street, heard at the orcas landing. Good luck if you’re trying to get off the islands

My husband and I are planning an anniversary trip in a couple of weeks. We have our ferry times scheduled for arrival/departure but haven't scheduled the trips to Orcas and Lopez. Yesterday I had the option to schedule them but today I'm not able to - it tells me times but no longer has the names of the ferries to choose from. Google says you can't schedule interisland ferry travel and everything is first-come first-served, but I know yesterday I had the option to schedule it. I guess I'm confused how it works, any advice is really appreciated! If it is first-come first-served, how early do we need to be back at the ferry to be able to get on and back to FH? We are hoping to visit Orcas on a Saturday and Lopez the next day, Sunday.

While I'm here -

We'll be there during the Friday Harbor film festival and my husband is a filmmaker so we hope to attend. Is any one day better than the others to attend?

Any recommendations on dress/footwear is appreciated. Where we live we rarely get rain and the projected temps (H50's/L40's) is how cold it gets in the dead of winter for us. It's still in the 90's here! If I get cold easily, should I prepare to bundle up? (Is it silly to think skirts/dresses with layers will be warm enough?)

Thanks so much for your help.