Please do not walk on sand dunes

keepmotoring wrote:
You people are really nasty. I am talking about the ones in campgrounds, where they are there to protect the campground from flooding from rising waters of the ocean. The picture above looks to be the dunes in Outer banks.

Guess you people don't care about protecting the camprounds. Fine.

There are no banks, either inner or outer, in Michigan.

There are, however, some majorly massive dunes behind the Eastern shore of Lake Michigan, which are not a problem for folks to climb all over because the prevailing as well as storm winds repair the damage. The dunes to which the op refers would be those along nearly all east coast shorelines, which are there to protect property along the shore, and are NOT repaired by Ma Nature.

More important than not walking on sand dunes is:

Don't BUILD DEVELOPMENTS ON BARRIER ISLANDS SUBJECT TO HURRICANES.

If I am supposed to stay off an environmentally sensitive area I would expect the local agency would have it roped off. Maybe you should get involved with the local environmental group to have the area closed.

Is this a natural sand dune or a berm created by a bulldozer?

I agree there is too much trash dropped but that is about everywhere.

Idahoan and West coaster here... I have never been told to stay off of sand dunes. Sand dunes are skied down, they are driven on, they are played on every way you can imagine. It's encouraged. Now, dry grass is another thing. You never, ever drive over it or park on it- the heat from the exhaust can cause a fire.

So, please don't assume I know what you mean about the importance of sand dunes. It isn't the same in all areas of the country. The sand dunes in the middle of Death Valley aren't protecting anything.

I'll walk anywhere it is legal to walk. A few little plants in sand aren't going to stop a 10' storm surge and 180 mph winds. FWIW, I saw the post-Irma NOAA photos of the Keys and it looks like all the beach sand has been evenly deposited over the land. Perhaps someone walked on it first causing it to fail to hold back the storm. Geez, I just cracked myself up.

Bionic Man wrote:
It sounds like someone needs a Snickers.....

:B

And come to our Sand Dunes.
And please walk, scale, run, jump, roll and whatever on them.

Love railing sand dunes with my CRF500KX and a 12 Cup!

Perhaps the original poster has no clue about other areas with dunes? I live next to the Oregon Dunes national recreation area. Here we drive dune buggys all over the Dunes. Not walking over them is not in our lexicon.

Is this the place where I chide people to pinch their barbs? ... and then go into a childish rant if you don’t know what I’m talking about?

Just wanna be sure. ;)

keepmotoring wrote:
My post said please don not walk on sand dunes and then I said they are there to protect. If you need more then you must be a 1st grader and need dad and mom to explain every little thing to you.

rjxj, the people who think it is ok to walk on sand dunes are probably same ones that think it is ok to leave the poop behind!!

Ummmm.... your signature is "keepmotoring". I suggest you motor just a bit west and you will find there are places where people are encouraged to walk on sand dunes. They are called Great Dunes and White Sands. Both have delicate ecosystems yet the Parks allow walking on the dunes. Not everyone has visited your stay off the sand neck of the woods.