The two-day trip from San Francisco up to Ocean Shores was a rain-filled trip but at 4:45 pm we arrived at Halcyon Estates. 🏡 Rain was in store for the next couple of days. With no furniture or appliances in store for the next couple of days, it would give me time to go into town and rent a carpet cleaner and call a locksmith to change the locks. The house has hot & cold running water and electricity, both which were ordered back in December. With not much available light left for the day, thank god the house has interior lighting in the kitchen, the den, the front porch, the outside veranda, the living room, the master bedroom and both bathrooms. So for now, most of the basics have been previously taken care of.
A little bit of history - The City of Ocean Shores occupies the Point Brown peninsula on the Washington coast. Long before the arrival of European explorers and settlers, the peninsula was used by the various local tribes for trading and other purposes. The Chinook, Chehalis, and Quinault tribes used the area, as well as others that now make up the Quinault Indian Nation. As the development grew, the Ginny Simms Restaurant and Nightclub brought in the Hollywood set. In fact, on its opening night, chartered planes flew up a whole contingent of Hollywood stars, and 11,000 people turned out at Bowerman Basin to see the celebrities. Pat Boone became a local resident in 1967 as a stockholder in Ocean Shores Estates Incorporated, and promotion of the development was sped along by the Celebrity Golf tournaments hosted by Boone.[5] By 1969, Ocean Shores was declared the "richest little city" per capita in the country,[6] with an assessed valuation of $35 million and 900 permanent residents. The following year the city was incorporated and a planning commission was formed to zone the city and codify streets. The city's first school opened in 1971 and road paving began in earnest. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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