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Kids had spring break at school so the wife & I took them for our yearly trip to the Oregon Dunes (near Reedsport). Stayed in a yurt at the umpqua state park - very nice location and great place to stay.
The weather cleared up beautifully for us and we had mostly drizzle free days and the last few days were nice & sunny, couldn't ask for better weather to play on the sand dunes.
The kids love it since they get to drive the 80 and play on the sand. Not sure if they like the driving more than sliding down the dunes - I'm thinking both are equal fun
First video of the 12yr old driving and learning to descend a steeper drop off.
Second video of the 10yr old doing a bit of driving and then the 12yr old.
Since the sand was relatively wet (below a few inches of dry sand) I ran street pressure in the duratrac tyres and had no problems that a bit of momentum couldn't take care of.
The 80 handled the trip there & back (about 1400 miles for the total trip) with no issues as always and we had a comfortable low noise trip on the duratracs versus the mtr's I use to run.
Kids & I are looking forward to the summer hols so we can get a bunch of camping trips in.
The next few weekends will be time for some maintenance on the 80 in preparation for summer. Time to change the atf, new plugs & leads & dizzy stuff and grease the spinning bits.
cheers,
george.
The weather cleared up beautifully for us and we had mostly drizzle free days and the last few days were nice & sunny, couldn't ask for better weather to play on the sand dunes.
The kids love it since they get to drive the 80 and play on the sand. Not sure if they like the driving more than sliding down the dunes - I'm thinking both are equal fun
First video of the 12yr old driving and learning to descend a steeper drop off.
Second video of the 10yr old doing a bit of driving and then the 12yr old.
Since the sand was relatively wet (below a few inches of dry sand) I ran street pressure in the duratrac tyres and had no problems that a bit of momentum couldn't take care of.
The 80 handled the trip there & back (about 1400 miles for the total trip) with no issues as always and we had a comfortable low noise trip on the duratracs versus the mtr's I use to run.
Kids & I are looking forward to the summer hols so we can get a bunch of camping trips in.
The next few weekends will be time for some maintenance on the 80 in preparation for summer. Time to change the atf, new plugs & leads & dizzy stuff and grease the spinning bits.
cheers,
george.