San Juan Islands : best hikes, local spots, and weekend getaways / Don Pitcher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781640498648
- ISBN: 1640498648
- Physical Description: 347 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm
- Edition: 3rd edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, 2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Discover the San Juan Islands -- Gateways to the Islands -- San Juan Island -- Orcas Island -- Lopez Island -- Other islands -- Background -- Essentials. |
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Subject: | San Juan Islands (Wash.) > Guidebooks. Washington (State) > San Juan Islands. |
Genre: | Guidebooks. Guidebooks. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | 917.9774 PITCHER 2020 | 39851001592063 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Perhaps Don Pitcher's love of travel came about because he moved so much as a child; by age 15 he had lived in six states and two dozen East Coast and Midwestern towns. Don's family hails from Maine, but he was born in Atlanta, making him a southerner with New England blood. He moved west for college, receiving a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where his thesis examined wildfires in high elevation forests of Sequoia National Park. When his first (and only) scientific paper was published, he appeared headed into the world of ecological research.
Don landed what seemed the coolest job on the planet shortly after grad school: being flown around Alaska's massive Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in a helicopter while conducting fire research. Wild places continued to beckon, and over the next fifteen years Don built backcountry trails, worked as a wilderness ranger, mapped grizzly habitat, and operated salmon weirs: anything to avoid an office job. After that first season in Alaska, he spent three months in the South Pacific, and quickly found himself addicted to travel. His explorations eventually took him to thirty-five countries and all fifty states.
Don's photos have appeared in a multitude of publications and advertisements, and his fine art prints are sold in many Alaska and Washington galleries.
Don lives in Homer, Alaska with his wife, Karen Shemet, and their children, Aziza and Rio. When not busy on other projects, he also works as a wedding photographer and volunteer radio DJ. Visit donpitcher.com to read his blog and learn more about his writing and photography projects.