If you ask Luie Boone, Gold Beach sounds like a place where someone buried treasure and forgot to tell him where. Despite the name, there was never a big gold mining boom in town. The name nods to the nearby Gold Rush era, but the real gold here is what happens at sunset. The sky melts into the Pacific and turns the sand warm and glowing. Luie thinks that is an acceptable form of wealth, especially if it comes with breeze and space to sprint.