Oregon Dunes

Sand Dunes stretch 40 miles up the coast from Coos Bay to Siuslaw.  We stop at the National Park overlook where you can see a vast panorama of mixed dunes, pines and sea grass.  The Oregon Youth Junior Ranger program is researching methods to restore the habitat of the Snowy Plover, an endangered bird whose habitat is in among these coastal dunes.  We are coerced into walking the two mile loop from the observation deck to the surf and back.  Its a beautiful trail.  We sit on driftwood in silence looking for the Snowy Plover.  Its difficult to tell if we've seen one.  There are hundreds of shore birds chasing the foamy surf up and down the sand.