On Wednesday, November 2, after a 7:30am buffet breakfast the Road Scholars departed on the bus for a San Juan Island excursion. Today we explored the south side of the island: Lavender Farm (there are over 40 species and hundreds of varieties of lavender), San Juan Island National Historic Park (American Camp) with its rare coastal prairie, marine views, and unique history, and Cattle Point/South Beach, the longest stretch of beach in the Islands. On a clear day you can see the Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
We had buffet lunch at the motel Conference Room. We visited the San Juan Historical Museum (the James King Farmhouse was built in 1894 after his log cabin burned down; the Scribner log cabin was built in 1891 and moved to the museum grounds in 1988). We had a group photo on the front lawn. Marianne Hanson sent me a copy taken by her camera.
We next visited the Whale Museum, the nation's first museum dedicated to whales living in the wild. I watched an interesting film on Orcas (Orcinus orca). The islands are famous for their resident pods of Orcas. There are three resident pods that eat salmon but also some transicent orcas that come to take Harbor seals.
Afterwards we had open time to explore Friday Harbor. We had a buffet dinner at 5:30pm. At 6:45 Guest Artist Lee Brooks showed and talked about her artwork.
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