As luck would have it, Bill & I were in Portland on the same weekend as the Cannon Beach Sandcastle contest. Though we've heard about the event, but never been there. So we braced ourselves for the crowds, grabbed our cameras and headed to the beach. Although parking was a challenge (every person for themselves on the neighborhood sidestreets), the crowd was large, but quite polite. I was shooting my 24-205mm for both wide angle & telephoto shots on my 5D.