Subaqueous

One of our first stops along the Pacific Coastline was at Dunes National Park. Im used to seeing rocky cliff lines, so making my way to the coast and seeing nothing but massive dunes was quite the surprise for me.

Sadly, the weather was less than perfect, in fact there was a slight rain falling at times.  None the less, I was amazed by the sheer amount of sand, and soon made my way out on to the dunes.

I climbed to the top of one of the nearby dunes and snapped off a few shots to compile a panoramic.

This panoramic is available in a much larger size, for those who are interested…click here!

We didn’t have time to make our way down to the beach, something I was dieing to do. But there was more to see, so we got back in the car and headed north, looking for something closer to the waters edge.

A little further up the coast we found another park access point.

You couldn’t see over the dunes from the road, but this one looked to be a lot closer to the ocean.

On top of the dune, the grass is waist high. But there is a trail that cuts through.

Sitting down in the trail.

While still rather cloudy, the sun had come out just enough to see small patches of blue sky.

The sky is a little blown here. But looking south, you can see the mountains…I’m guessing near Reedsport. I want to say that’s Mount Grayback.

Sand spider!

We walked to the waters edge and picked one souvenir each. A testiment to our accomplishment of reaching the “other side”.