PORT LUDLOW — Anita and Dave Weakley came home in January 2006 to every shoreline homeowner’s nightmare.
Ten feet of their backyard bluff bank had slipped away into Port Ludlow Bay.
“It is traumatic for people like us, who had just put about everything we had into it,” Anita Weakly said of the home on Condon Lane she and her husband bought 2½ years ago.
Knowing their dream was at risk, the retired educators swung into action, ultimately connecting with University of Washington Extension’s Shore Stewards Program, based in Port Hadlock, and the North Olympic Salmon Coalition.
Today, the Weakleys enjoy spectacular views, watching bald eagles, with greater peace of mind.
An erosion-control drainage system has been installed to bypass their bluff’s edge, which was replanted with native trees and shrubs.
