Quaint – When Gig Harbor Was. . .

The Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce likes to promote our town as a “quaint fishing village”. And a small commercial fishing fleet does still graces the habor waters. But “quaint” is fast disappearing. The city fathers struggle to keep “quaint” with the result beginnng to look like an old model whaling ship in a glass bottle on a museum shelf.

One last vestige of “quaint” was the Gig Harbor Motor Inn surrounded by forest and walking trails. There can never ever be another one like that. In Gig Harbor, one can find “Quaint” located at. . .excuse me, I just ran out of words.

(The above image as found on the chamber of commerce website 7/15/07)
No more ducks. No more pond. No more forest. Good bye “quaint”.

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