Sunset Bay State Park

I guess it's easy to overlook Sunset Bay State Park. It's just one of what must be hundreds of state parks, state waysides, and state whatevers that line the Oregon coast -- and yet here we are, lucky to find a tent spot with just a few days' warning on one of the busiest weeks of the year. We pull in at 4; the shadows are already bathing out site in semi-duskness. Tent up and sandals on, we walk through the campground, under the road, and out onto the beach. Mist oozes along the tree tips but is breaking. When we return in the morning it's perfectly clear, brilliant and chilly, and of course Cooper