Bobby and the Hotel de Haro at Roche Harbor, San Juan Island.The old lime kilns at Roche Harbor.
View of Roche Harbor Marina from gardens of Hotel de Haro.
Afterglow Vista Mausoleum at Roche Harbor.
Bobby's favorite position - reading at anchor.
English Camp Encampment Day of Victorian times.
Jenny and her mom with birthday cake, Garrison Bay.
English Camp and Garrison Bay.
View from atop Young Hill, English Camp Park.
S/V Kocoa and S/V Wanderin' Star buddy anchored in Garrison Bay.
Wednesday, 28 July, S/V Wanderin' Star and Jenny's parents' boat, S/V Kocoa leave Friday Harbor and head around the north end of San Juan Island to anchor in Garrison Bay. San Juan Island was the site of "The Pig War" between Britain and the United States 1860-1872. The English and Americans were arguing over the border between Canada and the United States, with the British claiming the boundary ran south of San Juan Islands. Both sides had settlers on the island, one side's pig got into someone's garden on the other side and was shot - leading to much male posturing and both sides setting up military camps until the matter was settled some years later. At Garrison Bay, the English established their camp in a state of permanence on a prime spot of real estate. The Americans threw up a fort on the southern end of the island and remained living and drilling under harsh conditions (drinking problems were an issue - imagine that!). Possibly, being assigned at American Camp may have been better than fighting in the Civil War.
A recently completed trail through public and private land allows one to travel off-road between English Camp Park at Garrison Bay to Roche Harbor. Jenny enjoyed running this trail and hiking the park trails, especially up Young Hill for a panoramic view of the island and Vancouver Island, Canada. On Saturday (31 July), English Camp had an Encampment Day with folks recreating how people lived at the time the Camp was an active military post.
On Monday, 2 August, both boats move to the marina at Roche Harbor to catch up on laundry and restock groceries. Roche Harbor is a small resort town where a family company processed lime years ago. We hike through the Sculpture Garden in a field, and to Afterglow Vista (lime company family's mausoleum). The grounds in front of the old hotel is a lovely garden adding to the picturesque beauty of this port. Two days are all we need at a marina dock to be ready to move on...
