Here’s a note from the organizers of the San Juan County Fair… The County Fair is coming soon — August 13-16 — and now is the time to set your sites to get the most out of your experience. For many, that may be purchasing a season ticket and enjoying the fun everyday. For others,  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from Reve Shannon with the SJC Fair… “So you want to be a rock and roll star,” may just be song lyrics to a 1967 Byrds song, but people all over the world dream about the possibility. And what better way to get a feel for it than to stand up and  Continue Reading

Cynthia of Cynthia’s, Of Course and RED Checkered Picnics announces the opening of the second Red Checkered Picnic location. After the success of the Limekiln State Park Red Checkered Picnics – now in it’s third year – Cynthia has opened at San Juan County Park in the upper day use area. This Red Checkered Picnics  Continue Reading

There’s a lot going on at the Whale Museum this week. Check this out… Food-rich oases at the seafloor: The ecology of whale falls – This event has been cancelled. Whale falls produce remarkable organic- and sulfide-rich habitat islands at the seafloor. The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in studies of modern and fossil whale  Continue Reading

Join in on the fun with F.O.L.K.S. and be included in a historical aerial photo being taken to celebrate National Lighthouse Day. There will be free lighthouse tours, a musical performance by local musician James Taylor, and picnic foods available from Red Checkered Picnics. Thursday, August 7th at Lime Kiln Point State Park, from 7:00  Continue Reading

Nature Journaling classes from 10:00 am to 12 noon at the Sculpture Park, Roche Harbor. Alice Hibberd will lead explorations in the park and teach young learners 5-8 years old how to record observations in their personal nature journal. Cost is $20.00 per class. Register by calling 378-3646. Limited to 12 participants. Saturday August 2nd  Continue Reading

Here’s a beautiful photo by Sherrie Stahl, shot from shore at Whale Watch Park on Monday the 28th. Sherrie went to the park in the morning only to find she had just missed a pod heading South and another heading North, but she hung around and waited and waited and waited, and was finally rewarded  Continue Reading

Join renowned Washington State storyteller Karen Haas for an hour of first-person history with “So Many Things to Do Yet: The Saga of Thea Foss,” scheduled for 8:15 pm, Thursday July 31 at the San Juan Island Library. Thea Foss was born in Norway. She arrived in Tacoma with her husband Andrew in 1889. Starting  Continue Reading

San Juan Island has had its communications problems in recent months, but not for the first time. Learn how and when the first telegraph came to San Juan Island, as well as its context nationwide in the mid-1800s, in an illustrated talk with Park Ranger Doug Halsey scheduled for 7 pm, Wednesday, August 6 at the  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from Kathy Dolsen about the picnic the San Juan Singers are putting on next week… I was hoping that you might help us get out the word about our event happening next week. We’re trying to reach out to the community to get new recruits. Thanks so much, Kathy. San Juan Singers  Continue Reading