Winter in Long Beach WA

Reasons I Love Long Beach, WA

I just came back from Long Beach, WA- one of my favorite road-trip getaways from Seattle...Here are some of my favorite things about this sleepy, coastal town

Doing lap after hair-raising lap on the go-carts

Taking a tour of North America's only kite museum before Long Beach's Annual Kite Festival in August

Walking the trails along the beach and taking in the lush scenery

Catching a peak at wildlife right from your front windshield

Driving your car up and down the sand on the shoreline

Buckets and buckets of salt-water taffy

...and other old-school delights

Quirky signs

Licking your fingers at Burger Nite at the Depot Restaurant (Wednesday nights Oct-May)

Becoming awe-stricken at the rugged coastline in nearby Ilwaco

Enjoying a mountain blackberry or lemon pie ice cream cone from Scooper's as the smell of fresh-baked waffle cones permeates the air

Breakfast Table in Long Beach

After a long evening drive through commutes in Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia, we arrived in Long Beach (WA) last night for a two-day stay.  Since our hotel has a kitchen, we made breakfast and enjoyed it in our dining room with a view of the dunes and Pacific Ocean off in the distance.