I really liked South Beach Park. Not only did we have enough sunshine this morning to dry out most of our damp-for-two-days towels, but after breakfast, the kids and I went back to the boardwalk and lookout, which is really code for the kids frolicked in the waves and I soaked up all the solar energy I could. It was our first morning starting out at the beach, and of the four beaches we’ve visited this week, this is the one I would have liked another full day at.
But we pushed on to Sunset Bay State Park, a two-and-a-half hour drive down 101. Dwayne and I wish we could make our kids enjoy the scenery like we do, but I’m sure that tune is as old as time.
Somehow I had it in my head that Sunset beach bookended the southern end of the famous Oregon sand dunes, but the dunes ended at least 20 miles before we got to our campsite. And the beach access was actually more of an inlet, nearly waveless, but it at least had the possibility for good adventure as Dwayne explored with the kids ways to get over to the island. They never made it…but they were gone long enough for me to finish my first vacation book uninterrupted.
However, the name of the state park was not hyperbole. Even with clouds putting a dark wall up at the horizon, the sunset was still worth the after dinner walk back to the beach.
Tomorrow, we head out of Beach Land and into the Redwoods!
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