Monday, March 12, 2012

Shredding Up the Oregon Dunes

There is no doubt I love to travel and see new places.  When you travel for business, though, it is harder to fit everything in you might want to see in a city.  So for my two weeks in Oregon, my sole goal was to go ATVing in the Oregon Dunes.  Anything beyond that was frosting on the cake. 
 
Luckily, I just happened to be there a super sunny weekend, so I had the most awesome drive to the coast from Roseburg.  It was so amazing that I stopped along the way to admire the dappled lighting covering the roadway from the forest of trees lining the road along my picturesque drive.


 
 



My brother, his fiancée and I spent the night in a cute coastal town, nourished ourselves with an amazing brunch (at a place that clearly knew the way to my heart with the adorable stained glass decor and inspirational quotes on the wall) and decided to hit the dunes.




To say I was terrified at first would be an understatement.  I have no idea why my brother agreed to let me try my hand at working manual equipment he owned, but I got the hang of it fairly quickly.  Sort of…My brother especially loved my need to stop and take pictures all the time.  



...and then there were pictures of me tearing it up as I get the hang of everything.


 
...and then there were jumping pictures.





...and Dirty Dancing/failed yoga pose pictures (in my defense, I had to set the camera timer).


  
...and pictures of the scenery.



 
...and then even some pictures I took on my drive home.


 
Family and friends now know me as the girl who likes a good adventure.  “Was this a good adventure?” my brother asked at the end of the day.  Indeed it was...and with any luck, he will take me again despite my photo-taking obsession.