We have a limited number of Ilwaco Fisherman Gold Cards that we’ll give to the first six people who reserve full weeks (6 nights) in April, May, June or July 2012. The cards offer discounts and/or free items to numerous Long Beach Peninsula restaurants, from Ocean Park to Seaview. Highlights are a free Roo Burger at The Lost Roo (no purchase necessary), a free entree with purchase of same at Harbor Lights, and a free round of golf with purchase of same at the Surfside Golf Course. Other participants include Subway, McDonald’s, Crab Pot, Loose Kaboose, Don’s Portside Cafe, Pizza Hut, The Kiss of Mist, Chen’s, Chico’s Pizza, Papa Murphy’s, Chinook Family Dining, El Compadre, Castaway’s Seafood Grille, Luigi’s, Stormin’ Norman’s, Pancho’s Las Maracas, the Depot Restaurant, and Long Beach Coffee Roasters. The cards expire Sept 30.
This lodging special can be combined with others listed on our “specials” page here.
For more information about our local restaurants, visit the new website Peninsula Review. To find out which vacation rental weeks are still available in June and July, email us.


We’re heading into a 3-day weekend, and still have an upstairs unit that sleeps six available. That means an opportunity for great savings! Book two nights and get an extra one free, plus pay no fees. Rates are $150 per day, plus tax. This unit is non-smoking and pet free. This offer is available only for January 13-16.



Clam digging dates are tentative, based on upcoming marine toxin tests, but the Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled the following razor clam dig dates for November and December of 2011. Here are the proposed dates, along with low tides:
For those who wait until the crowds have gone, anticipating quiet walks on the beach or along forest trails, your time has come! While there are still some interesting festivals coming up on the Long Beach Peninsula, they tend to be calmer than the summer’s rowdier ones. Check our September 13 post for information on the Cranberrian Fair, the One Sky, One World Kite Celebration, the Water Music Festival, the Graveyard of the Pacific shipwreck events and the Wild Mushroom Celebration, which continues through November.