We stayed at China Beach campground and hiked down to the beach. While it is only 1 km, it was almost straight down and back up… on those stairs that I have learned to love…NOT!

The hike down to Mystic Beach was more vigorous and longer but was actually more enjoyable.  They could have called it the ‘root trail’ since you are navigating roots the whole way.  In all, the hike was about 5 km.

The next day, we hiked to Botanical Beach which was very interesting because, as the tide goes out, the holes that have developed in the rocks, fill up leaving sea anemone and other creatures to hang out till the next tide.

We have had pretty nice places to camp but with the long weekend coming up, it might be a different story.

We are having a great time so far!