As we headed towards familiar territory, we decided to check out Southern Oregon’s sand dunes for the first time. There was a nice little hike first and no rain clouds in sight!

When we arrived, we found a unique tree that would help mark our path back to civilization.

First thing we did was hike up the tallest dune.

Aven searched and searched until he found some lost droids:

Dustin helped Aven work more on his own little movie:

Then we drove up the coast until we made it to Florence, Italy Oregon and crossed back inland to head up to Portland where we enjoyed a “pig destroyer” pizza and reacquainted ourselves with old-school Pacman:

On to our last hotel stay of the trip! Up tomorrow: lava tubes???