Drove to the south TH of Turtleback Mountain for the short loop. First we hiked up to the flat and forested summit, over 1500'. The trail goes by the summit, but not to the summit. Not sure where the real summit is, since it's a flat top. No view. A nice meadow on the other side of the trail, with many swallows dashing around. Ship Peak has much better view, but at only ~900'.
On the way to the hotel, drove by the cute little town of East Sound, which is in the middle of the island. After checking in, drove to Obstruction Pass State Park at the end of the east half of the island. On the way, multiple "sale" signs for Olga, which is just junk in the community house. Stopped at Buck Bay Shellfish Farm at Olga, which is closed. Not sure what's this "U-pluck Chicken".
Obstruction Pass has a nice walk-in campground. ~A dozen sites, overlooking the shore. Picked some small oysters and sea snails. There's this house completely surrounded by the state park. 
Drove to the small community east side of the park, like Lieberhaven Marina (a bit rundown). 
On the way back, saw many deer. Don't drive fast on the island, or you'll hit a deer!
Back at Rosario Resort just past sundown. Missed the weekly organ concert at 4pm. Walked around the main house checking out old furnishing and photos of the Moran family. Most hotel rooms are in different buildings. 
Ours is up on a small hill next to a small but fairly loud waterfall. 
Our 1-bdroom kitchenette is spacious, overlooks the bay, large balconies, very nice, but with old appliances (the fridge has thick ice in the freezer compartment). A Murphy bed in the living room, separate dining and sitting area. 2 TVs. 5 bath towels in each bathroom. It's not that big to sleep 10 people!Made dinner. However, didn't find a tool to get the meat out of the sea-snails :(
2/16. After checking out, drove up to Mt Constitution in Moran State Park.
The snow started as we were walking up the tower. The visibility dropped, still quite nice. There're timed photos inside the tower about its construction. Walked along the trail towards Little Summit. Turned around at the viewpoint. By then, it was snowing pretty hard. 
On the drive down, the snow dissipated. Stopped briefly at Summit Lake. Walked along a boot track at the roadside viewpoint. No more snow. Quite nice, grassy bald.Headed back to the west half of the island. Failed to get to Point Doughty, the NW corner. All private drive way with "no trespassing" signs.
Visited Camp Orkila instead. Part of Seattle YMCA. Not summer, so no one here. Very large ground, with many large and small cabins, playground, a shooting range? Could hear gun shots from time to time.
Visited North Beach's small public access east of the airport. Picked some clams. Later, West Beach. Another resort and marina.
Last stop is Deer Harbor. Maybe due to its proximity to the ferry terminal, saw a few tourists here. Muddy water. A bald eagle. Many charter boats. 
Drove to a small public access viewpoint south of the harbor for sunset before heading to the ferry.A pretty relaxed weekend for winter. Weather turned out better than what was in the forecast.
