Day 4
This is the fifth of six parts:
– Part 1: Intro
- Part 2: San Juan Island to Jones Island
- Part 3: Jones Island to Blind Bay and back
- Part 4: Jones Island to Griffin Bay Park
- Part 5: Walking tour of San Juan Island NP
- Part 6: Going home
Today was a hiking day!
Our itinerary called for a hike about the San Juan National Historical Park, which I didn’t even know was a NP until this trip! My handy pocket guide of National Parks (I picked it up in CO Rocky Mountain National Park last year) doesn’t even include it! The National Park Service does recognize it; in their summary it says,
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Come and celebrate where Great Britain and United States demonstrated that it is possible for individuals and nations to settle their differences peacefully without resorting to violence. It was a near run thing in July 1859, when Capt. George E. Pickett landed on San Juan Island with his 60 soldiers intent on protecting the rights of American citizens from British authorities. Fortunately the only being injured in this "Pig War" was the pig.
