On Thursday we moved further down California to Pismo Beach. For the first time we’re actually far away enough from home that it starts to feel real! 🙀
One of the most popular things to do in Pismo Beach is to visit the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, which is a stretch of beach/ sand dunes area in which visitors may drive their own vehicles. Since this has always been Vince’s dream, and we’re towing a Jeep, of course we had to do it. 😁
Vince read up on how it’s like to drive on sand, so he brought tools to properly deflate the tires for the dunes and to re-inflate them once we’re done. In the beginning Vince was feeling a bit nervous about being stuck, but turns out this Jeep can go all kinds of places, up and down the dunes! It felt like the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland—super fun!
We even managed to rescue a stuck Yukon SUV by towing them out of the soft sands. These kids certainly didn't read up like Vince did; they came with a 2-wheel drive vehicle with road tires. 😏 They were lucky because the rope that they initially borrowed somewhere snapped before they were completely towed out, but fortunately Vince was carrying a snatch strap that Jeep gave us, so we were able to tow them out completely in the end. 😊
Really fun experience! Even if you don't have dunes-appropriate vehicles, you can still rent an ATV or dune buggy by the beach, so definitely recommended!
Vince deflating the tire to be ready for driving on the sand!
Crossing a tiny stream
Getting ready to tow the stuck Yukon out
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