While the girls were doing their thing in Tillamook, I drove the short distance into Pacific City, where there is a popular beach. One of the neat things about the Oregon Coast, is that the beaches are all open to the public. There is no such things as private beaches, or fences that keep folks away from accessing all of the oceanfront. That's not to say that you can walk through someones million dollar beachfront yard to gain access. It just means that property owners can't put up fences on the beach, like they do in California.
At Pacific City, you can drive your vehicle onto the beach, which I did, taking some pictures of the sand dune, north of the beach vehicle entry point. It seems that "sand surfing" is a popular activity on this very large, almost vertical beach.
Before returning to the motor home, I watched this very naive driver pull her front wheel drive car right into the soft sand. The result was almost instant wheel spin. Fortunately for her, the car was small & didn't weigh very much, as several people pushed her back into the harder sand. A few years ago, while staying at the Long Beach, WA Thousand Trails, we watched a 4 wheel drive vehicle get stuck in the sand, then watched a 4 wheel drive truck get stuck trying to pull it out. Eventually, with a 3rd vehicle on harder ground, they all got out. Just because a vehicle is 4WD, doesn't mean it's immune from getting buried in the sand.
Speaking of sand, I think the plan for today, is to load the chairs, a cooler, some food, and maybe even a plastic shovel & bucket into the Jeep. Parking on the beach, is kind of cool, provided that you don't do what this gal did! I might even build a sand castle.
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