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Find some family fun in the sun this summer
Cannon Beach
Set against verdant old-growth forests and punctuated by giant rock monoliths, including the 235-foot-high Haystack Rock, quaint and kid-friendly Cannon Beach lies just 80 miles west of Portland, Oregon. While the Pacific waters here are often too cold for swimming, kite flying, along with tide pooling and sandcastle building, reign supreme on this wide sandy beach – and the kites sold at the town's weathered cedar-wood-clad shops make the perfect summer vacation souvenir. Every June brings Sandcastle Day (June 13 in 2009), when kids of all ages can enter one of the West Coast's largest sandcastle-building contests.
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$119+: Downtown Portland waterfront hotel w/dining Marriott Hotels
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