SCENIC VISTA

Pt. Robinson already has stories galore

As frequent visitors to Pt. Robinson beach and lighthouse, we strongly object to the installation of a row of Burma Shave-like signs that disrupt the natural beauty of our experience as we stroll northward along the pathway to the lighthouse itself.

This used to be our favorite walk, a place where we could marvel at wildflowers, beach grasses, killdeer, heron and osprey, and even the occasional lizard. The natural beach, as it was, offered limitless joy and respite to any visitor or family lounging on sun-bleached driftwood, contemplating clouds and passing ships, or romping at the water’s edge.

Now comes StoryWalk, the piecemeal installation of an entire children’s book that the Parks District and the Vashon Library have determined we all somehow need to enhance the story Mother Nature already tells so beautifully. This installation is an insult to nature, and it’s wrong to put it here.

Clearly, these entities have far too many bright ideas and tax dollars to cast about. Why did they think this mess of signs could offer more educational enlightenment than a simple walk along this magical beach?

There are hundreds of stories here already — if you just look and listen. Vashon should be smart enough to understand that. Don’t you think?

John and Clare van Amerongen