Hwy 1 Roadtrip: ATV-ing on Pismo Beach Dunes

Alrighty.  Day 3 of our quickie roadtrip included 2 hours of ATV-ing on Pismo Beach sand dunes -- 2 expensive, epic, fantastically beautiful, sandy, windy, totally fun hours.    So wonderfully weird to find oneself driving – ON A BEACH – in California.  We arrived, and Little Dude was instructed first. And then Instructor Dude totally sent Little Dude off.  All by his itty-bitty-baby-of-the-family self.  Alone. On a vehicle.  That he was driving. And then he group-instructed the rest of us. He talked and talked and talked, and I could see his mouth moving and saying words, but none of his instruction was really reaching any of my brain waves, ‘cause I was “OMGOSH, Little DUDE!!!!” And then we were ostensibly ready to take off and join Little Dude … And this is where I put my Big Girl Camera safely away in the car.  And everything that follows is my trusty, tiny, slightly-more-sand-friendly Galaxy … The clouds were kind enough to join us, keep the temperature pleasant, and throw gorgeous shadows across the dunes … That two hours of fun totally tired out a certain someone…