Oh, my, what a day it has been. We missed the sealions yesterday because of the fog. So...we got up early this morning...and we wanted to miss the afternoon fog that always rolls in.
A gazillion sealions. Elephant sealions, harbor seals, and Stellar sealions. The barking is so loud, you might imagine that you were at an "unattended" dog kennel with a hundred hungry dogs. As I told Jenn this morning...the amount of sealions is so great it looks like you opened a giant can of smoked oysters and dumped them on the sandy side of the reef. They just frolic and flip and flop all over each other to get to where they want to go. Got to be several hundred just on that shore...and more out in the water.
We also had the opportunity to see the Lighthouse that was obscured by the fog yesterday.
But, the highlight of the day was our dunebuggy ride through the dunes of Oregon. We were scheduled for a 1:00 tour. (half hour) We started at about 1:15...and got done at 2:25. The owner of Spinreef was our tour driver...and we had the ride of our lives. I think he was having as much fun as we were (since our tour was amazingly extended) - spinning us up and down the dunes...and we were eating it up...The dunes stretch @ 60 miles along the Oregon coast. (Who'd a thunk there would be sand dunes in Oregon.) The weather of the Hawaiian pineapple ocean currents...the effects of the Humboldt currents...and the north Alaska currents...and the silt from rivers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota...all contribute to these sand dunes...as well as periodic debris from Japan and Hong Kong.
The picture above shows 10 miles of dunes viewed from a highpoint on our tour.
Cool dunebuggy, don't cha think?
And Rich, our guide, at the end of the ride. What a ride!!!!
But, the highlight of the day was our dunebuggy ride through the dunes of Oregon. We were scheduled for a 1:00 tour. (half hour) We started at about 1:15...and got done at 2:25. The owner of Spinreef was our tour driver...and we had the ride of our lives. I think he was having as much fun as we were (since our tour was amazingly extended) - spinning us up and down the dunes...and we were eating it up...The dunes stretch @ 60 miles along the Oregon coast. (Who'd a thunk there would be sand dunes in Oregon.) The weather of the Hawaiian pineapple ocean currents...the effects of the Humboldt currents...and the north Alaska currents...and the silt from rivers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota...all contribute to these sand dunes...as well as periodic debris from Japan and Hong Kong.
The picture above shows 10 miles of dunes viewed from a highpoint on our tour.
Cool dunebuggy, don't cha think?
And Rich, our guide, at the end of the ride. What a ride!!!!
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