Oregon coast dunes, I thought I'd share some pics (56k warning)

benbaked · 07-06-10, 04:53 PM

I thought I'd share some pics of my recent quad-riding trip to the Oregon coast dunes (near Coos Bay/North Bend). The pictures can't quite convey the awesome beauty that is the Oregon coast, I can't wait to go back next year!

^^^ we found that on the beach, we think it was a sturgeon.

Best vacation YET!!!!!!!!

Jolly-Swagman · 07-06-10, 05:54 PM

Nice pics, looks like you guys had some serious fun!

Pandam00nium · 07-06-10, 06:03 PM

That looks extremely fun. Great pictures.

nd4spdbh2 · 07-06-10, 07:15 PM

not a fan of quads or dunes.... dirbike and forest trails kinda guy... but that looks hella fun! awesome pics man!

Owenator · 07-07-10, 10:12 AM

I grew up in Oregon and the coast is a beautiful place. Great pics! Makes me a little homesick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nd4spdbh2

not a fan of quads or dunes.... dirbike and forest trails kinda guy... but that looks hella fun! awesome pics man!

No problem. Head a few miles inland and Oregon has those too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast_Range

ghost_recon88 · 07-07-10, 11:32 AM

That looks like a blast! I need to get out riding again here soon in Michigan

TommyHolly · 07-07-10, 01:04 PM

That looks like amazing fun! We have something like that here near Chicago called "The Badlands" out in Indiana. I've never gone to them yet because I don't have any ATVs but I really want to someday.

Your pictures are amazing by the way.

Khemikal · 07-07-10, 02:02 PM

I lived in Springfield for a year (1994, was 9-10 years old) and spent the weekends camping all over Oregon with my family. The places between Florence and North Bend were always my favorite places to go, and the place where I fell in love with quads/motorcycles.

benbaked · 07-07-10, 03:10 PM

Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments, it was an amazing trip! I miss it, lol.

Every day was pretty much this: wake up and eat, go for a ride, come back and eat, go back out for another ride, come back and eat, go for an evening ride and then come back to drink and BS around the campfire. I just got into riding quads last summer, the red 400EX in the pictures is mine. This was my first time riding on real dunes, back on Memorial Day the same friends and I did a short dune riding trip at Moses Lake, WA. That place is a kid's sandbox compared to Oregon. I've heard that St. Anthony's in Idaho makes Oregon look like a sandbox in comparison, we might go there next time.

We've done a lot of trail riding in Washington, there are some good riding areas around here. I'm not sure which I prefer, trails or dunes, both are a blasting fun good time.

The sand in Oregon was amazing, it looked like mounds after mounds of cinnamon sugar, compared to Washington's sand which is gritty, dirty, and in the case of Moses Lake fairly ashy. And Washington state's beaches? Disgusting compared to Oregon.

Most of those pictures were taken with my buddy's Nikon, 12mp IIRC. The ones without the timestamps were taken with my Evo.

doz · 07-07-10, 09:07 PM

Tell me when you want to come to Dumont, Ill meet you out there! Dumont is about 1 1/2 hours outside of Vegas, not a bad drive at all.

Pretty big, of course not like Glamis, but its alot better than Oregon dunes (although not nearly as pretty, and no beach

). I told my wife our next dune trip is to Oregon

ozzlo · 07-09-10, 04:47 AM

I would highly recommend Florence/Winchester bay it's such an awesome place to ride. My buddy had a Honda 400 EX with gear and exhaust mods (such a perfect balance of power and maneuverability). There's a place called Sand Lake Just a couple miles north of pacific city just an 1 1/2 hour drive from either Salem or Portland. I used to go there a few times a year but i've got no health insurance so i've been avoiding riding. ( i miss it so much

)

dang those photo's from your EVO look dang nice (for a phone anyways) makes me want one even more.

Niku-Sama · 07-12-10, 05:30 PM

theres quite a bit of various trais and such you can ride.
not a big fan of either dirtbikes or quads but you can register alot of cars and stuff as ORV. i have a few franken projects in mind i would like to do that with

07-06-10, 04:53 PM	Thread Starter #1
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WA	Oregon coast dunes, I thought I'd share some pics (56k warning) I thought I'd share some pics of my recent quad-riding trip to the Oregon coast dunes (near Coos Bay/North Bend). The pictures can't quite convey the awesome beauty that is the Oregon coast, I can't wait to go back next year! ^^^ we found that on the beach, we think it was a sturgeon. Best vacation YET!!!!!!!! __________________ HEATWARE (22-0) \| Folding/SETI/Rosetta (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) *My computer hardware is too old and embarrassing to list in my sig.* StaTek is my hero
	QUOTE Thanks

07-06-10, 05:54 PM	#2
Jolly-Swagman Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folding@Home in Downunder Australia.Victoria	Nice pics, looks like you guys had some serious fun! __________________ MyHeat I'm a Team 32 Folding Mentor - Ask me about Folding Jolly's CM-690 Acentos de Cobre E8500@4.27Ghz(450x9.5)\|GA-X48T-DQ6\|CoolIT VANTAGE ALC\|DDR3 4GB GSkill Ripjaws 8-8-8-27\|Evga-GTX-295 +9800GT\|EA-750W\| BenQ e2200HD 1080p OS-Win7 Ult x64 The Milestone Thread 4.0 \| TEAM32 Folding@home- FACEBOOK PAGE \| The Sled Acrylic Tech Bench www.gastephen.com
	QUOTE Thanks

07-06-10, 06:03 PM	#3
Pandam00nium Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Up in the mountains~	That looks extremely fun. Great pictures. __________________ Case: CoolerMaster HAF 912 CPU: AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.81GHz Mobo: MSI 880G-E45 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB GPU: MSI 6950 1GB TwinFrozr III SSD: OCZ Vertex Plus R2 120GB // HDD: Samsung F3 1TB PSU: Corsair VX550 Heatware ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
	QUOTE Thanks

07-06-10, 07:15 PM	#4
nd4spdbh2 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Camarillo, CA!	not a fan of quads or dunes.... dirbike and forest trails kinda guy... but that looks hella fun! awesome pics man! __________________ #12 in the 4ghz core 2 duo club baby! - 52 inches of CRYSIS! - Black Belt Ubercloxx0r -- Heatware Main -- Lian Li V2000b -- i7 2700k -- MSI Z68A-GD80 -- 12gb 1600 -- GTX560Ti --Adata 128gb S510 & 2x500gb -- Seasonic S12 600w -- Dell 2209WA HTPC -- Silverstone GD05B -- E7200 @ 3.2ghz -- G41-M7 -- 4GB 800mhz -- g210 passive -- 320gb 2.5in WD -- Antec EA 430w -- 52inch Samsung LCD Server -- Antec NSK4480B -- E3300 @ 2.5ghz -- ECS G33T-M2 -- 3gb 667mhz -- Onboard Vid -- 500Gb + 1TB hatachi + 1tb WD -- Zalman 400w Netbook - Dell Mini 9 - Atom 1.6ghz - 8GB ssd - 2GB pc6400 - WIN 7 PRO! Need 4 Speed - BH
	QUOTE Thanks

07-07-10, 11:32 AM	#6
ghost_recon88 Senior Jedi Master Premium Member #9 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan	That looks like a blast! I need to get out riding again here soon in Michigan __________________ The will to live will always outweigh the ability to die
	QUOTE Thanks

Oregon coast dunes, I thought I'd share some pics (56k warning)

Internet Services

Website Development

Tech Hardware

07-07-10, 01:04 PM	#7
TommyHolly Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	That looks like amazing fun! We have something like that here near Chicago called "The Badlands" out in Indiana. I've never gone to them yet because I don't have any ATVs but I really want to someday. Your pictures are amazing by the way. __________________ sig deleted by muddocktor-take it up with the Admins
	QUOTE Thanks

07-07-10, 02:02 PM	#8
Khemikal Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Frankfort, KY	I lived in Springfield for a year (1994, was 9-10 years old) and spent the weekends camping all over Oregon with my family. The places between Florence and North Bend were always my favorite places to go, and the place where I fell in love with quads/motorcycles. __________________ E3110 @ 3.6GHz(daily use), Asus P5Q Pro, 2x AMD (Sapphire) 6870s, 4gigs G.Skill DDR2 1066, 2x 21.5" 1080p Dells Heatware Join the OCF Benching Team
	QUOTE Thanks

07-07-10, 03:10 PM	Thread Starter #9
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WA	Thanks for looking and thanks for the comments, it was an amazing trip! I miss it, lol. Every day was pretty much this: wake up and eat, go for a ride, come back and eat, go back out for another ride, come back and eat, go for an evening ride and then come back to drink and BS around the campfire. I just got into riding quads last summer, the red 400EX in the pictures is mine. This was my first time riding on real dunes, back on Memorial Day the same friends and I did a short dune riding trip at Moses Lake, WA. That place is a kid's sandbox compared to Oregon. I've heard that St. Anthony's in Idaho makes Oregon look like a sandbox in comparison, we might go there next time. We've done a lot of trail riding in Washington, there are some good riding areas around here. I'm not sure which I prefer, trails or dunes, both are a blasting fun good time. The sand in Oregon was amazing, it looked like mounds after mounds of cinnamon sugar, compared to Washington's sand which is gritty, dirty, and in the case of Moses Lake fairly ashy. And Washington state's beaches? Disgusting compared to Oregon. Most of those pictures were taken with my buddy's Nikon, 12mp IIRC. The ones without the timestamps were taken with my Evo. __________________ HEATWARE (22-0) \| Folding/SETI/Rosetta (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) *My computer hardware is too old and embarrassing to list in my sig.* StaTek is my hero
	QUOTE Thanks

07-07-10, 09:07 PM	#10
doz Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV	Tell me when you want to come to Dumont, Ill meet you out there! Dumont is about 1 1/2 hours outside of Vegas, not a bad drive at all. Pretty big, of course not like Glamis, but its alot better than Oregon dunes (although not nearly as pretty, and no beach ). I told my wife our next dune trip is to Oregon __________________ Asus P8P67 Intel i7-2600k @ 4.9ghz GSkill Ripjaws 8gb 1600mhz c8 EVGA GTX 680 OCZ Agility 2 240gb, Corsair Force 3 180gb, (2)WD 1tb Black HAF 932w/ Corsair HX750 Heat
	QUOTE Thanks

07-09-10, 04:47 AM	#11
ozzlo Senior whose title will pierce the heavens! Join Date: Mar 2002	I would highly recommend Florence/Winchester bay it's such an awesome place to ride. My buddy had a Honda 400 EX with gear and exhaust mods (such a perfect balance of power and maneuverability). There's a place called Sand Lake Just a couple miles north of pacific city just an 1 1/2 hour drive from either Salem or Portland. I used to go there a few times a year but i've got no health insurance so i've been avoiding riding. ( i miss it so much ) dang those photo's from your EVO look dang nice (for a phone anyways) makes me want one even more. __________________ . . . . . . .HELP!!!. . . . . . RAWR!!! . . . . . . . . .\. . . . . . . . / __________\0/_____/\__________
	QUOTE Thanks

07-12-10, 05:30 PM	#12
Niku-Sama Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Deadford OR	theres quite a bit of various trais and such you can ride. not a big fan of either dirtbikes or quads but you can register alot of cars and stuff as ORV. i have a few franken projects in mind i would like to do that with __________________ ₪ Core 2 Duo P7350 (3 MB L2) @2.0Ghz ₪ 14.1" Brightview Infinity Display ₪\|₪ Phenom II "X4 20 BE" @ 3.45Ghz ₪ Sythe Yasa 6 Pipe Cooler ₪ ₪ 4Gig Qimonda HYB18T DDR800 CAS 2.5 ₪ Intel WiFi Link 5100 A/G/N ₪\|₪ Biostar TA890FXE ₪ 8Gig G.SKILL Ripjaws 9-9-9-24 685Mhz ₪ ₪ Intel X4500 MHD w/HDMI ₪ 320Gig WD Scorpio Blue SATA II ₪\|₪ Sapphire Vapor-X 5770 860/1200 ₪ Seagate 320Gig 7200.11 ₪ ₪ HP LightScribe 8X R/RW/DL ₪ Integrated WebCam & Remote Control ₪\|₪ OCZ Stealth X Stream 600 ₪ LG LightScribe DVD Burner ₪
	QUOTE Thanks