It also includes rails-to-trails and bike lanes, new interpretation centers and enhancements to existing museums as well as ecotourism, acquiring portion of the Copalis Ghost Forest, and delivering guided access to Weatherwax, Point Grenville, and the Quinault Experimental Forest (to name a few). Plus, conservation efforts, improved beach access, retirement of billboards along the route, better signage, and visitor information kiosks.
An eyeopener to the labor of love a byway can be, the plan delivers a narrative peek of what a day on the byway could be like, describing things like restaurants and other locations that don’t yet exist and dives into some of the local history. It outlines which intrinsic qualities it possesses (in prep for national recognition) and for those, like me, skeptical about the bike path, it even addresses safety! The wrap up is a high-level outline of major projects — rails to trails, viewpoints, new interpretive centers, restrooms and parking, overlooks, a new museum, plus more. All of which (the plan admits) will require significant capital funding, volunteers, operational support, marketing, and oversight.
Whoo-wee that’s a lot!
