We had a great trip down to Long Beach Washington for most of our Spring Break. On our drive down we drove through every kind of weather, sunny, then rainy, then snowy, then back to sunny, it was pretty crazy. We stayed for three nights at a little 9 room bed and breakfast that was literally ten feet from the beach. It had a jacuzzi tub, fireplace, patio and delicious scones, yogurt, fruit and juice for breakfast. I would highly recommend it if anyone wants a nice getaway but maybe just in low season, it’s a little pricey during summer.
Anyways, we took our time getting there, stopping by the outlet malls on the way so we got there in the evening. We explored the beach for a bit and then went to a pizza place that looked like an old tavern and when we asked for our leftovers to be boxed up they gave us a piece of tin foil. You know you’re in a small town when they give you tin foil to wrap up your leftovers.
The next day it was rainy and windy so we decided to just relax in our room for most the day. We did get out and got some salt water taffy from the Marsh’s Free Museum where we also saw this creepy “Jake the Alligator Man” which is supposedly half man, half alligator. They had many other weird things in this museum like a two-headed calf and strange old coin machines.
We had lunch at a little family restaurant where I had the best clam chowder I’ve ever had. The rest of the day we read, napped, watched DVDs and just relaxed.
The last full day we had some sunshine so we headed south and checked out the State Parks along the way that had some trailslighthouses and beaches to see. We found a cool little cove where the waves would crash against the rocks and have a little entrance into the cove and would fill it up if they came in at the right spot. That was probably one of our favorite spots that we found.
After eating lunch beside a beach called Waikiki beach we drove to Astoria, Oregon. We walked around the town for a little bit, had some drinks in a cool coffee shop and then tried to find the house where The Goonies was filmed but we couldn’t find it.
When we were coming back to our place we drove along the beach to get there. This was another highlight, there were a whole bunch of entrances where you could just go out on the beach with your car and drive down the beach for quite a while.
That night we had some great pasta dishes at a restaurant right beside our place. The day we left we stopped by more shopping places and got some baseball gear and stuff for the house. It was a very relaxing trip and definitely worth the 6 hour drive to get there.
