Another thing that attracts me in Seaside is the dunes – a wide strip of grassy knolls with the sandy tracks winding between them, which separates the beach from the city. They make the place so much more appealing. Without the dunes, with just the beach, it’d be a bit boring. That’s why, probably, I am not a big fan of Cannon Beach, which is generally considered THE Oregon Coast resort. (We will visit it right after Seaside).
Although, technically speaking, the dunes in Seaside are not really dunes. They are so called foredunes – basically, just a lot of sand, wind-blown inland from the beach, with some vegetation on it. The vegetation is mostly European beachgrass – a variety of grass purposely introduced on the Oregon Coast to “reinforce” the sand to prevent it from blowing into towns and onto roads.
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The Seaside dunes, seen from the beach.And this is how they look from the town side.Pretty, no? You wouldn′t even guess it′s dunes, and the ocean is right behind it.This looks like an out-of-focus image. It′s not. It′s a Photoshop filter. I thought, it was artsy...Probably, this is the European beachgrass? I am not a botanist, I wouldn′t know.As this image shows, the dunes in Seaside are pretty big. Sometimes, it takes a minute to get to the beach. ⇨⇨ But eventually, you will get there.There are handy plastic runners laid out on the sand, so that people in a wheelchair or with a stroller could get to the beach easier .These runners are a recent thing. I haven′t seen them in my first visits here.The beginning of the Promenade, at the very edge of town.The dunes at night. That little light in the distance is a cruise ship, chugging along the Oregon Coast. Press ESC to exit
