Location, location, location! First off my Wife and I live in the SF Bay Area, so we are very familiar with going to the coast. Her birthday is on December 29th and we usually go to the mountains (Sierras) and enjoy the snow and wine country. But being her “70th” she wanted to do a coastal trip that would include our 3 kids and their families. Being spread out between Sonoma, Portland and Seattle we settled on the Oregon coast and this lovely house on the beach in Arch Cape. Being December I was expecting stormy weather and a lot of game time inside. But we were unexpectedly blessed with sunny skies for our entire 4 night trip that ended on January 1st. We took walks on the beach, enjoyed the hot tub, saw gorgeous sunsets and our son even braved the cold ocean waters. We also celebrated the New Year’s by dressing up and playing games, eating delicious foods and drinking champagne! Yes, I’ll admit the rental seemed a bit pricey but as I said, “Location , location, location!” I would highly recommend this beach front house!