We are camped midway between Cannon Beach and Seaside Beach which are both along the Oregon Coast.
Cannon Beach is named after an old Cannon that rolled up on the beach. It is a somewhat quiet, more reserved town.
Seaside on the other hand is a livelier beach with a boardwalk and a Main Street containing an old carousel, candy taffy, ice cream, cotton candy, T-shirt stores, game rooms, and plenty of places to eat. Seaside Beach is also the western terminus of the Lewis and Clark Trail. It is also the 1st Beach Town in Oregon where Oregon people would vacation.
The sand in both places is long to the water, soft, white, easy to walk on, & there is plenty of it. Along the cliffs are homes built a number of years ago.
Also both are located in a Tsunami Zone. Apparently if an earthquake happens in Japan or somewhere under the sea between Japan and Oregon, the Oregon coast gets hit with a Tsunami. Being the skeptic that I am I googled it and sure enough in 2011 a Tsunami hit Cannon Beach and washed sand along the beach up onto the Homes built high upon the cliffs. All initiated from an earthquake in Japan.
Both Cannon Beach and Seaside Beach look great, especially with that blue sky.
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