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When I was 17, I joined my then girlfriend,

and her family for their Thanksgiving tradition

of driving to the Washington State Coastal town of Long Beach

and spending the holiday in a cozy rented beach house.

Long Beach is a very typical west coast beach town,

with a minuscule population of mostly retired folks.

It's dotted with cute antique shops,

soda fountains, arcades, and other dinky little attractions.

Then of course, there is the beach itself.

But as you might guess, late November in Washington

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