My family arrived 62 years ago in Port Angeles, then a bustling town of about 10,000 people also occupied by five mills including three pulp mills, a plywood plant, a sawmill and a shake mill.
There was lots to do.
The prosperity of the town was on parade.
It was reflected by the well-equipped stores and restaurants along First and Front streets.
Things have changed and, sadly, the difference is notable and not pleasing in many ways,
A recent trip to Ellensburg provides a comparison.
We have never seen such a delightful, well-kept city where a college dominates, yet we have one too.
Ellensburg’s surroundings do not captivate, as ours do, with the marriage of snow-covered peaks and the sea.
Stop there and make your own comparison.
Somehow Ellensburg has it right, sadly we do not.
Glenn Wiggins
Port Angeles