Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

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Editor, the Journal,

I’m a first-time writer to you. I’ve been living here off and on since 1992. I go away for a while, but always come back. Folks vacation in this area and I have the privilege of living in this beautiful place.

I live in the woods on 5 acres and am within a few minutes of the hospital and downtown. It’s a short, but beautiful drive to Olympia (the big city), and 90 minutes to many beautiful ocean beaches to explore and rest up. We have the Olympics and Mount Rainier a few miles away and many lakes and hiking trails fai...