north end realty

June 22nd, 2008

    Used to be a time when folks from Seattle and Gomorrah would pack up the baby, grab the old lady and make the hard arduous haul up into the hinterlands of Camano.  Rent a cabin out at the end of the known world then fish, clam, crab, hike, play horseshoes, cook on the woodstove, watch the sunsets from the beach setting over Whidbey and the Olympics.  What some folks think of as nostalgic now or sorta Norman Rockewell Americana, we think of as home…..
 

    It’s  a real pleasure for us anachronistic South Enders to see a part of our heritage not only preserved but put back into use.  A sort of living history here at Cama.  We always thought of the past not just as prologue.  We thought of it as prolonged.
 

     Personally I think it’s a good trend.  Something we can build on.  If the price of gas keeps climbing, we can probably shut down the Mark Clark Bridge to commuter traffic.  The real estate market should go thru the basement.  I mean, already every house listed north of MY shack – which is almost at the end of the island – they’re advertised as North End homes.  Close to amenities…..  (long pause)  WHAT amenities?  The Dollar Store in Stanwoodopolis?
 

    So we salute the State Parks.  With a little luck and some more oil speculation, the whole island will be South End pretty soon, returned to its former pristine, backwash condition,  a place where time stands still and the stills still stand.  Course, it can’t come fast enuff for most of the band here…..

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