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My favorite car to drive is my old 1989 Isuzu that always needs work.

I enjoy doing metal fabrication/welding in my shop.

My wife’s dad, Maurice, became my second dad and was quite influential in my life.

I came to Orcas to work with my brother-in-law for just the summer in 1966.

I started a landscape and maintenance business 32 years ago.

I saved a baby raccoon that was alongside the road.

We’ve had about four days of sunshine so far in the past month. She says she’s still traumatized by that. Wow These Women edee ApLife on a Northwest Island.

Once as a joke, I pretended to pop my eyeball out and roll it around in my mouth then put it back while we were all at the dinner table including one of my daughter’s friends.

I helped at the San Juan County Fair for about 20 years. Island Thyme Shop and Crow Valley Gallery is located in Eastsound and makes botanical body care products, many crafted solely from plants grown on Orcas.

I’ve been married once to my only wife for a long, long time.

I have 4 biological children and 2 adopted ones, 16 grandkids, and 3 greats.I designed and built a two-story treehouse in our yard.My kids think that I should’ve been the creator of country western comedy songs.I was a softball, baseball, and football referee for many years.It’s a fun activity to do after a day of shopping, and then you can head down to the water to see if you can spot any sea life. I didn’t know that I had color vision deficiency (color blindness) until I was in a high school art class and my teacher was wondering why I was painting a leaf brown. For one of the more random things to do on Orcas Island, head down to Eastsound towards the water to walk on this labyrinth.Since 1996 they’ve been fashioning soaps, lotions, lip balms, and other botanically-based body products from. Ever since we moved here, Island Thyme products have been available in local stores, at the farmer’s market, and at Christmas markets at the Oddfellows Hall. I like to fish, especially with a granddaughter who loves to tell people that she always catches more and bigger fish than her Papa. They’ve been on Orcas a long time, constantly working at their craft.I was state champion in trampoline/gymnastics in 1966.I got stuck under a car at the bottom of a hill and the car had to be jacked up to get me out. For a couple of years my friends and I built go-karts out of things we found in our neighborhood. We entertained ourselves a lot growing up with not much money.I was born and raised in Seattle and the surrounding area.I asked him if he’d mind pondering his life and coming up with 27 things about his experiences. Ron is on the go but always has time for a big smile and a wave whenever you pass.

You have surely crossed paths with someone in his family. Chances are, if you have land, a garden, or some functional or structural element on your property, you have crossed paths with Ron Griffin.