You will notice off to your right an old building that is sinking into the ground. The ground is very soft in Grayland, and the piling foundations that the houses are built on have many problems. It used to be livable. The bog to your right was lost to weevil and was renovated and replanted. This may or may not do anything, it is hard to tell.
Most sumps have a supply of fresh water that runs from steams from the hill or artesian wells.
Some of the growers use shallow sand point wells to get water. The town gets its water from artesian wells. Continue south for a ways until you hit a stop sign. Take a left on Heather Road. As you drive, you might notice that the buildings are more weather beaten on their south sides due to strong winter storms that regularly carry winds as high as 90 to 100 mph from the south.