GARDINER
BEACH , WASHINGTON—
We met Cecil
Quackenbush in a parking lot in Sequim, Washington. "If you're
looking for something really amazing," he said, "You ought to
go see the trolls at Gardiner Beach. The guy who invented the airplane
door hinge built hundreds of them, and you won't see anything like them
anywhere else." This was sounding like just our kind of place, and
with Cecil's detailed directions in hand, we headed for the northeast
corner of the Olympic Peninsula.
First we
saw some carved fence posts. "I think those are trolls," said
Mark. "But they could be totem poles." Then we turned a corner
and there was no room for doubt. An fifteen-foot cyclops was giving us
the eye, and nearby a barn enjoyed the support of eight troll caryatids.
"Who's
the imaginative force behind all this?" we asked Mike West,
manager of Bandy's Troll Haven. "Well, he likes to stay in the background,"
he said, "But all the houses are for rent. The Gatekeeper's House--
that's the castle over there-- has its own dungeon and goes for US$2500
a weekend."
If you're
ever in the mood for a vacation with an ogre theme, remember Bandy's Troll
Haven, where large but beneficent monsters will guarantee you have an
unforgettable time.
Bandy's Troll
Haven
941 Gardiner Beach Road
Sequim, WA 98382
Telephone: (360) 797-7168
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Bandy's
Troll Haven
