Next we headed over to the coast of Oregon to Florence. There were two reasons to go to that town in particular. One, there is a Sea Lion Cave that is supposed to be filled with Sea Lions. Of course, after we got there, we found out all the sea lions are out eating all day to prepare for winter, so we decided to not go down to see an empty cave. Instead, we hiked up to a lighthouse. It's surprising how small the lighthouse is up close, you think it must be so big to project its light to protect ships from danger. Our second reason to go to Florence, is that it is located next to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Here we got to ride along in a Sand Rail , which I just call a Dune Buggy. It was 30 minutes of thrills, and thank goodness, no spills. I was certain there were times we were going to tip over as we rode along the sides of some very large dunes.
That evening, the wind was so strong, and the sand blowing so hard, it was difficult to walk around on the beach.
These trees have already been buried by 20 feet of sand. The dunes constantly shift and change and create new dunes while some are blown away from existence.
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