Adventure #2 - Ocean City, WA

Nearly a year ago I conceptualized the idea of a family camping trailer that could take us anywhere we wanted to go in style and with minimal impact on the environment. While some may not agree that driving on a beach fits the bill for "minimal impact", it has been a romantic idea that this weekend materialized. Since the trailer has only been functional enough to tow since Memorial Day weekend, booking a camping site at a popular state park has been pretty much out of the question.

I had been watching https://washington.goingtocamp.com regularly to see if anything popped up via a cancellation, and on Friday morning a prime site at Ocean City State Park opened and I booked it immediately. We hitched up Saturday morning and took our time after leaving I-5 at Olympia winding through back roads and stopping to take in the sites. 

We realized after stopping for groceries in Aberdeen that Kayden forgot a swimsuit, a must for this little open water aficionado! Walmart was next to the grocery store, so I pulled around and parked in the loading zone while Heidi and the girls all went inside to find a swimsuit. It didn't take more than 10 minutes, but in that time I had a steady stream of admirers stop by to take a look, ask questions, offer a compliment or want to take a peak inside. It was if I had just towed the circus into town for its annual visit, just amazing!

We finally ended up at the state park in space 153, with lots of space, some share, full utilities and just a few hundred feet from the beach trail. I was on cloud 9!

The state park and beach are buffered by a beautiful series of wetlands and sand dunes, and about a 4 or 5 minute walk gets you onto the beach that stretches for miles in each direction. Driving is allowed on this section of the beach, which at first seems completely disrespectful, but drivers are quite courteous and there is plenty of room for vehicles and people, along with herds of horses and riders, scooters and kites!

We opted to spend our Sunday afternoon on the beach and decided we would try out driving...it turned out to not only be easy, but a great way to spend the day and how nice to have a kitchen and solar shower at our immediate disposal!