This is a marine hardware store in Annacortes. It’s the part of the store that sells used items: hardware, fittings, floats, you name it. It has a creaky, worn wooden floor and smells like your crazy uncle’s basement, full of surprises, possibilities, and, well, old stuff.
Stores like this are disappearing. A kindred cousin in Port Townsend closed not long ago, victim of our passion for quicker or cheaper or ready-made. A place like this is visual amazement. Most of the things on the shelves don’t have perfect look-alikes next to them. Nothing’s lined up like miniature soldiers ready for service. It certainly doesn’t look like one of our predictable and clean big box stores. It’s adventure shopping at its finest for the inherent scavenger. And a nightmare for anyone craving tidy.
I’ve been in stores like. It’s amazing how they know exactly where everything is.
This is my kind of store. And Andy is right on with his comment. I’ll bet this is “heaven” to your hubby!
Re your comment on L&L: It’s quite a place, the Silver River. Many of the Tarzan movies were filmed there; also “The Creature From the Black Lagoon.” “Sea Hunt,” starring Lloyd Bridges was made there and a number of “I Spy” TV shows and numerous other movies.
I bet I would find some really interesting (and maybe new to me) items.
We love that store – always a must whenever we go to Anacortes – just in case!
“Jack’s” down on the Long Beach Peninsula is like this…such fun to wander through, we always find something we don’t need!