GRAYLAND, Grays Harbor County It is the same today, in so many ways, as it has been for decades, this strip of Washington coastline from Westport to Tokeland.
Flat, sand-covered, patched with spiky grasses. Nearly all the trees bend inland, stripped of growth on their seaward side either testament to the power of the wind, steady and relentless as it blows in from the sea, or silent signposts: "I will bend; I will not break."
By Terry Tazioli | September 23, 2001
LEAVENWORTH, Chelan County When the Seattle weather, and my mood, is gloomy, I head east over the mountains toward Leavenworth. Not to the oom-pah-pah, Bavarian-style town itself, but to the peaceful inns tucked into the pine woods a few miles away.
One of the places I like to hide out is Sleeping Lady resort, a scattering of post-modern wood cabins in 67 acres of forestland and meadow by the banks of the Icicle River.
By Kristin Jackson | September 23, 2001
OCEAN PARK, Pacific County Pearl Harbor was bombed the year Klipsan Beach Cottages were built. They've felt like a safe haven to generations of Washington families ever since. Mine included.
Just a few days after the World Trade Center horror, people again were seeking peace of mind at the homey spot halfway up Washington's Long Beach Peninsula.
By Brian J. Cantwell | September 23, 2001
