This morning, the winds were calm.  Excited, I got all set up to fly.  Unfortunately, the fuel line quick disconnect I recently purchased was faulty, so I could not get fuel from the tank to the engine.  By the time I diagnosed the problem, the winds were howling, so we stowed the paramotor in the RV and worked through a morning of homeschool.

In the afternoon, we drove into Pacific City, about 10 miles South of here, and I purchased a male-to-male barb fitting that I could use to replace the faulty quick disconnect, as well as a tarp to cover the paramotor.

Heading North back to the RV, we stopped at Cape Kiwanda:

The main attraction here is the massive sand dune at the North end of the beach.  I trudged up to the top with the kids and we ran down:

Continuing North, we pulled it at Whalen Island and walked out to an overlook.  It was very beautiful and peaceful.  With days like this, it’s hard to remember that the Oregon Coast receives about 90 inches of rain a year:

Winds this afternoon topped out with gusts of 25 miles an hour.  Tonight, it was still windy so I did a bit of kiting:

The kids ran down the dunes with my kite’s stuff sack.  The best part was B yelling “clear prop!” before M started his run.  At the end he would turn around and bring down his “wing” just like in training:

Hopefully tomorrow will be less windy.  Goodnight from Sand Lake, Oregon!