Yup, theres gold on them there beaches. Unfortunately, It is so fine you work your tale off to get just a smigit. Black sand and and gold.

From Long Beach enroute to Randle on Hwy 4
it is a wonderful , beautiful trip following the Washington side of the Columbia River .

  Everything is in bloom.

  Every shade of green imaginable .

  Driving in the morning with the dew sparkling off everything and the sun just rising. 

 Pictures every turn in the road. Old farm houses, ancient barns.
Mountains, hills, and water. Green grass. Flowers, of every shade. 

Small towns and smaller post offices.