Rusting away in Neilton, Washington
The Timberland Regional Library is a far-flung empire. Serving five rural counties in Western Washington, it has 27 community libraries, two cooperative library centers, and three library kiosks. It also used to have a Bookmobile (see photo). The old workhorse is retired in Neilton (population 315) on Route 101 in rainy Grays Harbor County. I took the picture yesterday on the way home from an overnight stay at Kalaloch Lodge on the Washington coast.
Neilton is about five miles south of Amanda Park, a small town on the Quinault Indian Reservation. Perhaps the Bookmobile feels at home in Neilton because Amanda Park is the location of Timberland Regional Library’s most remote branch. I wonder how many miles the Bookmobile logged and readers it served in the five-county area before being parked for good.
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