We had a sunny, if chilly, day while down in Oregon.  We headed south of Cannon Beach to Oswald West State Park.  There was an easy trail down to a bay with a sandy beach, predictably named Short Sand Beach!  The parking lot was very icy and we wondered whether the trail would be okay but, once you were on the gravel, it was a good surface.  Coming out of the trees on to the beach, was a lovely entry.  You couldn’t see much until you got there and it was a gorgeous beach.

Plenty of people were down there.  It was popular with surfers and a number of them were out in the waves.  Headlands were on either side of the bay so the beach was sheltered from north and south.  The sun was low in the sky since it was December, so the south end of the beach was pretty cold.  Get a bit up the sand and out in the sun and it was a lovely spot to be standing and walking.  I imagine it will be very busy during the summer.