A LONG BEACH

The cool thing about a lot of the beaches in OR & WA, is that you can drive right out to the water, from numerous beach access points. After taking the picture of the jeep and the sign, I drove right out onto the beach. The other photo, shows a less than genius type, in the blue van, who must have thought he was in a sand buggy. We watched the 4 wheel drive Chev back up to the van in very soft sand, and she immediately got stuck with the first tug on the tow strap. The white pickup was on more solid ground, and eventually he pulled them both out. Sometimes you have to wonder, what were they thinking?

After stopping at the visitors center, we drove to the tip of the Long Beach Peninsula, and tried to remember which RV park we stayed at about 10 years ago. Must be old timers setting in, because we weren't sure which one it was. We checked out a store in Ocean Park that had a little bit of everything - groceries, hardware, sporting goods, stationary, and a lot more. Kind of a mini version of a Super Wal-Mart. Today, we're off to check out 2 events. The Garlic Festival in Ocean Park, and the Dogie Olympics in Long Beach. Oh, almost forgot. We walked out to the beach at about 9:30, and the baby seal was no where in sight. We have to believe, or at least we feel better believing, that the mom came back for her baby, and they lived happily ever after.