Day 11 - Cruisin the Coos

Another week is gone already!  Time sure flies when you're having fun! 

Today we had a bit of a lazy morning.  We woke up to some pretty thick fog which was disappointing.  But, after relaxing for a bit the fog cleared up and we headed out to downtown Coos Bay for the market and the Sunday Funday.  There were lots of vendors selling some weird shit and some not so weird shit.  We picked up some organic veggies from a guy who talked way to much.  He made us eat a piece of onion he cut with his dirty hands at 10:00 in the morning.  That wasn't too fun for us.  On the upside, we got some cheap organic veggies for dinner!  After the weird hippie dude, we visited the Visitor's Information Center and got some info on things to do, and we were off! 

Our first stop was groceries at Fred Meyer where some sketchy dudes ran in quickly.  Since we are in America and they are all crazy and have guns, we got worried that they were tweeking and were going to kill us.  We avoided them and managed to get out of Fred Meyer without getting shot at. 

After groceries, we stopped by the casino to pick up the pie Trent has been dreaming about for weeks.  It was a VERY big coconut cream pie.  Look at him so excited!!

PS - That's a camera case not a man purse.

Trent so happy about his pie! 

After picking up the pie we headed to Spinreel to go dune buggying on the sand dunes!!  The sand dunes are INSANE.  It's crazy to think how they originated. 

Us taking off!

We went out for an hour and headed straight for the beach.  There is nothing like dune buggying on the beach!  We stopped for a few quick photo ops.  When I got out, the sand was a good 2 feet deep EVERYWHERE!  I got smart after the first shoe load of sand and walked in barefeet!



Trent buggying on the beach
 

The beach was amazing near the dunes. There was nobody out on it and it was beautiful!!  We got to see the tide pools and feel the nice breeze.  It was only about 14 degrees out but it felt SO much warmer!  The sand was really hot too, which kept things warm!

The beach at the dunes

After the beach, we headed back towards the dunes.  We wanted to keep close to where we had to return the ATV as they charge you $8 per minute that you are late.  Talk about ass rape!

Me cruisin the dunes

Trent riding the dunes

The dunes are hundreds of feet high and you have to make sure you ride them up and down rather than sideways or else it's really easy to flip.  Becuase of the winds, there are lots of drop offs so when you crest the top of a dune you have to watch for the drop offs as well as other people out there.  It was so much fun ripping around in the sand!

After our hour was up, we headed back in shook the sand out of our clothes.  Our next stop was a drive to Charleston.  Just past Charleston is Simpson Reef in Sunset Bay State Park.  This area is famous for the sea lions and rocky reef.  As we came into Charleston the fog was setting in.  It didn't hamper the view of the sea lions at all.  It was pretty cool becuase you could hear them barking.  There were hundreds of them sprawled all over the rocky reef.  Such a neat sight!

The sea lions hanging out

After the sea lions we headed back to the RV park to prepare dinner.  Dad and Mumsey picked up a bunch of fresh seafood on their travels.  Shrimp cocktails and salmon were on the menu for tonight.  The shrimp was TO DIE FOR!!!  So was the salmon!  SUCH good seafood!  Trent and I thought about going to the Casino to play some more craps, but we both have sore throats and it's 9:45 and we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow.  Long day meaning about 4 hours drive to Woodburn.  If we make it all the way there.  We will see!

Anyways......not sure if we will have wifi tomorrow or not.  Even though we will just be driving, I will try to take lots of pics for your viewing enjoyment.  Do you miss us yet?

Have a great Monday and we will see y'all soon!