Owners JIM and PEGGY BLECKOV and employees of Blackwood Beach Cottages in Ocean Park, Wash., were all smiles on Aug. 18 after hearing the news that the cottages were picked as one of Sunset magazine’s top 10 places to stay on the coast. They will be featured in the September issue.

Located at 20711 Pacific Way, the Blackwood Beach Cottages caters to visitors by offering 10 cottages in an adult atmosphere with full kitchens, dune trails, an extensive herbal garden and shaded benches overlooking a duck pond. Pictured above are Robin Rice Smith (seated), from left, Maria Avila, Peggy Bleckov, Mary Lourey, Mashell McKinney and Jim Bleckov.

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