One of our duties working at English Camp is regularly walking the hiking trails around the camp.  This Roving Interpretation is part of our job, encouraging us to go out and talk to people, not just stand in the Visitor Center. Almost every day, Tom takes the Young Hill Trail.  Young Hill is one of …

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Tom and I work and live at English Camp, the counterpart to American Camp at San Juan Island National Historical Park.  By joint agreement, the British and Americans each occupied camps of equal size.  The Americans chose their site hurriedly and with an eye to annoying the British as much as possible. After General Scott negotiated …

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As at other parks, Tom and I have been working with school groups here at English Camp.  We were a little surprised at the number of school groups scheduled in June.  Usually field trips are over by Memorial Day.  But it was a particularly harsh winter in this part of the world, which meant the …

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This week at English Camp we had some special visitors.  A group of Coast Salish people came to share their heritage with us for Coast Salish Cultural Heritage Day. Long before the British set up English Camp, the ancestors of the Coast Salish fished and sought shelter in Garrison Bay.  The Bay is a protected …

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San Juan Island National Historical Park has two areas:  American Camp on the southeast end of the island and English Camp on the Northwest end of the island.  Tom and I work at English Camp so you will hear a lot more about it in the coming weeks.  But I thought I would spend a …

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San Juan Island National Historical Park is, of course, the reason Tom and I are on San Juan Island.  The National Park owns 2,500 acres which makes it the biggest landowner on San Juan Island.  The park has a very interesting story to tell about the making of the United States.  Have you ever heard …

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The Grand Canyon of South Dakota is Badlands National Park.  Tom and I spent a day hiking in the Badlands during our recent drive across the country.  It was not our first visit to the Badlands.  We saw the Badlands in 1990 and in 2006. We started our visit to the Grand Canyon of South …

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On our drive across the United States, we took a break in South Dakota to check out a couple of National Park sites.  Last Saturday, we parked the RV at a nearby campground and walked to the Visitors Center at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Minuteman Missile is a newish park:  only 18 years …

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