|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Cayucos State Beach – The beach at Cayucos is
just heaven for boogie boarding. Grab your board and head out to
catch the waves. In the later afternoon, you may find the pelicans are having
a party in the water too. Or, rent a sea kayak, and paddle out into Estero
Bay. (Boogie boards and sea kayaks are available for rent in the shops right
next to the beach.) |
|
|
|
| |
|
Little kids will be happy to build sand castles and splash
in the waves. It's a gentle, flat sand beach, no shore break. Didn't pack
your sand toys? There's a good selection at the shops in town. |
|
|
|
| |
|
If you're inclined to fish, bring your gear and join the other
intrepid fisherman on the Cayucos pier. You can catch flounder, halibut
or mackerel. The pier is also a good vantage point for whale watching, or
spotting sea otters bobbing in the bay. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tide pools – The tide pools at Cayucos are a mini-wonderland.
Spend all morning watching shore crabs marching through the clear little
pools, seaweed gently floating around the brightly colored sea anemones,
turban snails and sea stars, or hermit crabs shedding their shells for the
next bigger model. Walk up the beach, north of the pier, to find the tide
pools. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hardie Park (on B Street) – The park
has a good playground with climbing structures, grass and picnic
tables. In summer, the public swimming pool is open. There are barbeque
grills, so stop at the local market and put together an impromptu dinner
outdoors. |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Rhyming
descriptions and up-close illustrations of creatures you'll see
in the tidepools in Cayucos – barnacles, sea anemones,
tiny fish, snails, hermit crabs. " A group of snails with spiral
hats, glide across the bumps and flats." (Picture book)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Exuberant verses
and illustrations bring back the joys of a beach day – putting
seaweed in your hair, playing with a beach ball, building sand castles,
watching sail boats, "Sand in our belly buttons, sand in our
pants." (Picture book)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(More children's
books on other California pages) |
