Third Beach — Saturday, Jun. 7, 2025

Backpacked this trail with my toddler. The parking lot was nearly full at 3 pm on this beautiful Saturday but we snagged one of the 2 open spots. The trail is nicely groomed and pretty wide for most of it. We encountered 1 tree down across the trail that was easy to go over. There is a little bit of mud still hanging out, but nothing crazy and it was easy to go around.

We got to the beach around 4 pm and there were about 10 other tents already set up. I snagged the first spot we came across but in hindsight would have walked down the beach a little further for more privacy. The evening was sunny and wonderful! There wasn’t a cloud in the sky so sunset was 10/10. We rallied until 9:45 pm exploring the beach and avoiding our hot tent. Sleep came easy once the sun had set and listening to the ocean all night.

We slept in till 8 am and had a slow morning drinking coffee and a bottle and walking on the beach taking it all in one more time before packing up. By 9:30 when we were leaving, it was already getting extremely hot so the coverage of trees on the trail was a warm (or cool) welcome. We passed less
than 10 people on our hike out compared to the 30+ on the hike in the day before.

I can definitely say we will be back to hike this one again!