Today was awesome! We've been covering coastal ecology the last few weeks and today we talked about dune ecology which included a trip down to the Coos Bay dune sheet to run around. The thing about the Oregon dune sheet is that it's the largest in North America and it's super sweet. But you probably already knew that. People from all over like to come to the dunes and ride ATV's and all kinds of crazy stuff.
We set off across the dunes to check out what it's like to live in such a crazy place, and not much lives there by the way. We hiked for two miles over the dunes before getting to the beach where the whole class shed our clothes down to our bathing suits and frolicked in the ocean. Keep in mind that our ocean is around 10 degrees C, about 54F, which is really freaking cold. It was a great bonding experience though.
On the way home across the dunes we had a good time jumping off the little cliffs and getting some air. This is a pretty sweet picture of me in mid-air after taking a jump. Then it was a long drive home with a stop for pizza before our long Dune Day concluded. Yay!
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