July 25, 2010, Sunday FLORENCE, OR

Spent this a.m. with the Mormon’s in Florence. It was a really great meeting. After church we took a little drive to the beach by us and took some pics. Then we went to the Dunes south of town. We hiked up and down dunes and you can’t believe how steep they are (hope you can tell by the pics). Finally I started crawling up the dunes on hands and knees and found it much easier than trying to walk upright. Maybe it was a mistake to start walking upright, I don’t know. Finally we got to the beach we were heading for, and watched the surfers and parasurfers. Of course they are wearing wet suits because the water here is freezing. All kinds of crazy people in this world! We headed back towards Hwy 101 and stopped to watch the Dune Buggies. It looked fun. Maybe when we come back down this way we’ll rent one and try it out, not on the big hill though. Also posting a pic from today that shows ocean waves coming up the river. You don't see that every day!