As the path is paved….

The paths are dug, and the next step is to lay the paving stones (stacked on the left)....

The Community Projects class at Friday Harbor High is at it again…this time they’re helping dig & pave paths around the San Juan Island Historical Museum. Here’s more from Update reporter Collin Williamson:

Historical Museum Trail

It’s where you have spent hours upon hours of summer time enjoying yourself at the Pig War BBQ on the Fourth, Island Rec’s Music on the Lawn, or just visiting the Historical Museum.  But new renovations at the Historical Museum will make summer time tours and use much easier than before.

Students Felix Baldwin and Jessica Mauldin and Mentor Doug McCutchen are currently digging and filling a gravel path that will make ease of access much easier for summer time activities.

Mentor McCutchen says: “The paths that we’re building will make it easier for our senior customers to walk the tour, and will show a distinct path as to where they are going. We’re making the path along the walls of the historical buildings for a reason – we wanted the field not to have a path running right down the middle of it, because the picnics and music that’s played there in the summer would be affected.”

Completion dates are not set, but Jessica tells me that the community could expect it as early as May.

Jessica and Felix are glad to be involved in this community project.“We originally were going to be out at Lime Kiln, but this project was closer to home and they have been waiting a longer time there (for the project to be completed). This project will benefit those who have a hard time walking on their own to take the guided tours as early as this summer.”

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