Pt 12. Long Beach, Washington State

What to say about Long Beach, WA? Well firstly it's absolutely nothing like its glitzy Los Angeles namesake. And secondly, it has a long beach …funny that eh?

It’s a quirky old place of about 8000 residents strung along a 15 mile peninsula near the mouth of the Columbia River. Many have dropped out to live a simple alternative life including our delightful hosts Bonnie and Jeff, a couple of throwbacks who let us camp on their front lawn and make use of the facilities for a small fee.

Dom the cat is very friendly and extremely large. Here he is helping me write the blog.

They also have an assortment of battered old vehicles most of which would struggle to make the end of the street.

But most importantly they have big welcoming hearts and we love staying with them. Sadly they’re late risers so we don’t get a photo before we leave. 

To compensate here’s another one of Dom. He was a big fan of the van.

We didn’t manage to walk the full length of the beach but gave it our best shot.

The holiday season is yet to get going so we had it to ourselves. Well, apart from a few thousand Snowy Plovers, a handful of seagulls and a shedload of seaweed.