I'll be damned if I tell you of my place...
in the sun. You're in my territory. To be honest with you, there are so many places that are great in the Pacific Northwest that my wife and I have problems getting to new places because we love so many of the old places we've been. I don't have a desire to go to the south seas. I'm a strange duck. My favorite place (for all of you who do not live in the Puget Sound area) is a place called Garrison Bay. It is a shallow bay on the west side of San Juan Island-a days trip from Seattle or Vancouver, BC. It is a federal marine park that was once the encampment of a British garrison that was ready to fight over a dead pig. As I said, the bay is shallow, probably, 12 feet at dead low, but a good anchorage. Surrounded mostly by tall evergreens and a hill of about 800 feet that you can walk up, it still has the blockhouse that the British marines build, and several of their original buildings. The flower garden in some years is beautiful, depending upon who is taking care of it. and the parade grounds are still there--a wonderful place for children to play. Near the block house is a flag pole which flies the British ensign to this day. I like to play my bagpipes when they take the flag down for the evening. You can almost hear the troops presenting arms in salute. About half way up the hill is a cemetary for four Britishers who died peacefully while they were on duty at this post. Some good folks from Victoria come over every once ina while and make it presentable. Thanks. All in all, it is one of the most peaceful and secure anchorage that I know. But then again, I biased. Les
