Day Two - Part II

Okay, it's already 10:10 so I better work fast!   My brain is going to stop working in approximately 30 minutes.  :)  


Day Two...continued...
So the game park was not the end to the surprises of the day.  After we spent the morning petting zoo animals we drove back up the coast for about an hour.  

Our next stop....The Dunes!

I have never been to any sand dunes before and this was definitely an awesome ride.  The dunes would curve their way upwards and then drop off at a sharp angle when you reached the top.  We had to be careful and watchful so we wouldn't go careening off an unexpected drop.   

We also drove the four-wheelers out to the beach to race the waves and chase the seagulls.  (Don't worry, this is the only "kissing" picture you'll see from the honeymoon.  I just couldn't resist the hilarity.) 

The dunes were definitely a highlight of the honeymoon.  If we had known how much fun we were going to have, we would have ridden those quads all day!

Day Three

Kite 

Flying 

on 

the 

Beach!

We bought some small kites at a local store in Yachats.  They said these were "famous Oregon kites."  I'm pretty sure they're the ones you can get for a dollar at a grocery store in Utah.  But what they hey, they flew well and we had a ton of fun.  

If you have read The Kite Runner then you will understand what I mean when I say that Christopher and I had a kite war.  For those of you who haven't read this amazing novel, in Afghanistan there is a tradition to build miraculous kites with thick strings coated with shards of glass.  During kite wars you try to control your kite to dive down and slice the string of another kite, making it fall to the ground.  Yes Christopher and I had a kite war.  And yes, I did slice his kite to the ground....twice.  Need I say more?

Despite the fact that Christopher's pride was wounded by losing to a girl, we had a really fun time.  We even tried to swim in the ocean, but that lasted all of about two minutes because the water is FREEZING!

Well, you guessed it, it's 10:35 and this time Chris is falling asleep.  

To be continued...