Seaside

A couple years ago we went to Seaside on Jul 4th, and heard about the fireworks on the beach; we couldn't catch it then since we had a little kid in tow (and one in the oven), and it would have been too late in the night to stay back. Since then we've been wanting to get a beachfront room to watch the fireworks from, and this year it somehow worked out. We spent a couple nice days in Seaside over the Jul 4 weekend, and to the kids' great joy Annika also came over for a day. Between playing on the beach, all the ice-creams, the parade, the food (a must-try: Lil' Bayou), splashing in the pool, the bumper cars and the carousel on the promenade, and the fireworks, a good time was certainly had by all.

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