According to this map in the 2010 Traveler's Companion : the Definitive Guide to Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon, my town does not exist!
I have circled where McCleary is supposed to be. Apparently our town exists in another dimension. Actually that might explain a few things. On the highest point in the road between Oly and the beach, I've always said we are in that narrow Twilight Zone where the Aberdeen and Olympia spheres of influence don't quite touch.
Actually there are quite a few other towns missing, including Oakville, Satsop, Brady, Cosmopolis, Bezango, Cathlamet, Tokeland, Humptulips, Bucoda, Rainier, and many more.
More shockingly I think (we all can agree that McCleary was just a dream anyway) but Elma is clearly not where we thought it was. But, the old town of Whites survived and renamed itself Elma.
ReplyDeleteWhite Star (also known as Whites), Garden City, Rayville, Sine, Summit, Smithville are all in the Phantom Zone these days, crowded in the 7 miles between McCleary and Elma. Perhaps they just placed Elma a centimeter too far to the east. I've heard rumors the big city of Elma has a light in an intersection that turns red and green and yellow and everything. Someday I'll have to visit and see this wonder for myself!
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