After hiking Sweet Creek Falls, we drove another 30 or miles to the Oregon coast ending up in the town of Florence and the Sand Dunes National Monument.
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| The Suislaw river runs through Florence. The city uses this as its port. |
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| Cool old bridge. Click to enlarge (any Picture) for detail. |
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| Jeanette pouring over the lunch menu. |
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| They had a farmers market also. I bought a peach/blueberry pie. |
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| Cool original Evinrude neon sign |
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| The dunes are about 50-60 foot high, so you first have to walk up and then down and then up again...though it was sunny, it was pretty cold and windy. |
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| Jeanette crossing the dunes to the beach |
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| Beach at Florence |
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| Evidently, one of the biggest activities at the beach, is OHV'ing--off highway vehicle trails ( find that a bit ironic with Oregon being so "green".). Right in the national recreational area, they have sectored off an area where you go 4 wheelin tearing up the dunes , or if you are from another country, you can get on one of these super dune buggies. We found it a shame that the national forest division allows this. Good money in it, they charge to enter the area, so $$$$ talks. Another popular ativity ( see below) is crabbing. |
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| Heading back to Eugene |
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