A Scenic Oregon Pacific Coast Byway road trip from Otter Rock, Oregon to Florence, Oregon on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Sunday morning, September 25, 2022, while in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area within the Siuslaw National Forest, I was the first customer at Sand Dunes Frontier and I told the lady behind the desk I wanted to get a ride on one of those blue things! She said go climb in as my driver belted me in. This was a very heavy duty four point Safety Belt system like NASCAR’s five point system.
My driver said none of their drivers have ever rolled one of these Sand Sleds with a passenger on board!
Congress designated a 31,500-acre portion of the Siuslaw National Forest as the Oregon National Recreation Area in recognition of its unique values. There is an active program to remove evasive species that are a threat to the dunes ecosystem.
These are the Sand Dunes that inspired Frank Herbert’s science-fiction classic “Dune.”
These dunes can also be explored on foot, which include “sand board skiing.”
Beach Loop Road, Bandon, Oregon, Sunday, September 25, 2022.
Driving from Florence to Gold Beach I stopped at the Face Rock State Park and drove down the Beach Loop Road, just west of U.S. 101 to photograph its numerous rocky spires, offshore rock formations, and sandy beaches, with tide pools as well as an abundant number of sea birds and mammals. The Beach Loop Road offers access at several viewpoints. This five-mile drive/tour can take just a few minutes, or you can make it an all-day outing.
I spent too much time enjoying myself along the pier at the Siuslaw River in Florence and only stopped once along the Beach Loop Road, for half an hour.
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