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Photo by Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau
Friendly, festive and welcoming, Long Beach has all the elements for good times spent at the seashore. Here, memorable sights and sounds abound: A glittering carousel, saltwater taffy, laughter of children, invigorating salt air. Visitors can pedal a bicycle surrey, stroll a boardwalk, window shop, and enjoy a giant ice cream cone, while gazing out to sea. An old-fashion beach town, Long Beach welcomes families with numerous outdoor festivals, salt water taffy, fish n chips, carnival rides, Marsh’s Free Museum, kite shops, video arcades, miniature golf, and many more entertaining activities. Lantern-style street lamps, flower-filled planters along the sidewalks, and a regal street clock reminiscent of the Old World add cheerful touches to the main street. The world’s largest clam pan is one of many unique attractions found in one of the town’s pocket parks. Colorful mosaic columns, weathered wooden seals, sea lions, orcas, an octopus and seahorses decorate nearby parks. An old-fashioned gazebo often hosts traveling musicians, and another nearby outdoor stage is the setting for larger bands. Not to be missed is a walk along the sun-bleached, half-mile boardwalk with interpretive panels, picnic areas and picnic tables. Unlike other boardwalks, this one is build over grassy dunes and affords great views of the Pacific Ocean. A favorite attraction is the 8.2-mile long, paved Discovery Trail. Enjoyed by pedestrians and bicyclists alike, this interpretive trail meanders through dunes from north Long Beach into Ilwaco. With a superb collection of kites from across the globe, the World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame showcases a rotating selection of over 1,500 kites, including a 200-foot dragon kite with a head the size of a chair! The museum is a must-see during the annual, weeklong Washington State International Kite Festival, which takes full advantage of perfect ocean breezes to fill the skies over the beach with a panorama
of colorful kite designs. Fascination and fun come together at Marsh’s Free Museum, an emporium boasting such treasures as Jake the Alligator Man, whose birthday is celebrated every August with a huge outdoor party. The world’s smallest execution machine is there as is a mechanical gypsy, who will tell fortunes for a few coins. Sandsations and City Sandsations bring both professional and amateur sandcastle builders to Long Beach to work wonders with truckloads of sand. This four-day event also brings sand into the downtown Long Beach for demonstrations and hands-on workshops. The more adventurous can take a horseback ride along pounding surf or sign up for a Rib-Eye Ride – an evening horseback ride including a dinner prepared over a campfire.
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