San Juan Island is a hikers’ island. I have never seen so many trails in such a small area. There are over 80 miles of maintained trails on the island. The trails are located in the National Park, in the Land Conservancy, in San Juan County land, in the State Park, and on Bureau of …
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Whale Museum in Friday Harbor
It would be hard to live on San Juan Island for any length of time and not visit the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor. We visited back when we first came to the island when Sandy and Eric visited. With everything else going on, I realized the other day that I have not yet written …
Coast Salish Canoe Journey 2017
This week, English Camp proudly hosted the Coast Salish Canoe Journey of 2017. I wrote about the Coast Salish before, when we provided the site for their Cultural Heritage Day. That was a mini-canoe journey with just one canoe: a trial run for this canoe journey. The Coast Salish are many different tribes, or families, …
McMillin Mausoleum in Roche Harbor
The McMillin Mausoleum in Roche Harbor is one of the weirder things to do on San Juan Island. Of course we had to go there when Sandy and Eric visited. The McMillin Mausoleum is such an odd place that is featured in Weird Washington, USA Today, and Atlas Obscura. John McMillin started the Lime Kilns of …
Old Oven Is Dead! Long Live the New Oven!
Those of you who know me know that I love to bake. When I cooked, I made casseroles instead of cooking on the stove. I especially love to bake cookies, brownies, bread, rolls, pies: anything gooey and yummy. For the last three years I have not baked in the RV because of the terrible, horrible, …
Pitfalls of Living on an Island
Tom and I went from living on an island off the coast of Georgia – St. Simons – to living on an island off the coast of Washington State – San Juan Island. Although we love the scenic beauty of both the islands, there are some pitfalls to living on an island. The first of …
Lime Kiln Point State Park: Whale Watching Park
Lime Kiln Point State Park is located on the southwestern side of San Juan Island and is one of the most visited spots on the island. Everyone knows it is the #1 place to watch for whales from the shore. The park borders on the Haro Strait, and from the shore you can watch barges, …
Whale Watching with Western Prince
While John and Jackie were visiting, we took a whale watching cruise with Western Prince. We chose Western Prince for two reasons. First, they get the highest ratings of any of the whale watching tours on San Juan Island. Second, they had spots available! We went out on the Western Prince II on Tuesday afternoon. …
Parade on the 4th of July in Friday Harbor
On Tuesday I got to participate in the second best 4th of July parade ever. The best was in 1976 in my hometown of Lexington, Ohio which was very fun and patriotic. The one in Friday Harbor on Tuesday was second to that, but not by much. The Friday Harbor 4th of July Parade is …
Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm and Store
This last week has been a busy one, partly because of the holiday but mostly because John and Jackie came to visit! They were here from Saturday evening until Wednesday morning so we got to spend all our days off with them. We tried some new restaurants, showed them the sights on the island, and …