Velowander

English camp, Roche harbor, ferry

We checked out English camp occupying much of the northern part of San Juan, which garrisoned the British forces in their territorial dispute with the US in the so called 'pig war'. There are about 5 intact buildings and a good hike up Young Hill takes you to the British cemetery where there are 5 historic graves and a scenic lookout. Several of the graves refer to drowning accidents which I think means they died trying to flee a tough life in the early camp. After that we had lunch in the upscale Roche harbor with prices geared to tourists buying $1 million vacation homes. After that we rushed to town and Jen did some shopping at the lavender store and caught the 1700 ferry to Anacortes where we will head south toward Seattle through Whidbey island. Jen's plane is at roughly 1900 on Saturday. We hope to camp at Deception pass tonight.

Labels: Bike Touring

posted by David @ 5:38 PM