"Bird watchers can spend hours watching Cranes so carefully pursue fish in the marshes, people think we're a little crazy." Said a visitor who traveled all the way from Ohio to find them. The Crazy Crane Cottage is our way of honoring our sleek slender ornithology friends. Set in a cluster of just eight cottages, just back from State Route 105, there is a handy beach through the dunes and directly onto the Grayland Beach. There you can watch the sunset, jump the waves, build a bon fire and let your dog race up and down. These are not fancy beach villas but small classic beach cottages, recently updated.

Each Cottage comes complete with linens, towels a full kitchen including plates, flatware, pots and pans. There is a TV in every cottage and we provide a DVD player too. (Sorry no cable here.) But maybe that is best because you'll want to slow down, smell the salt air and relax like you just can't do at home.

In certain seasons you can dig for those rascally razor clams that people rave about. We'll even loan you a clam gun (shovel) and give you tips on where to look and how to dig.

There is easy parking close to your cottage and we have some outside amenities too including a barbecue and outdoor furniture. Sit around the fire pit and night and tell fibs about all those clams you dug.