Day 26: Biscarosse, France and the Dune de Pilat (June 9)

   Camping is very popular among the Europeans. They have large camps full of tents and mobile homes all set up with cots. So we decide to try European camping! Our campsite is close to the ocean, but I didn't realize that summer doesn't really begin here until the middle of July. The pool is closed and it is chilly and rainy - oops. Lots of stores are closed until busy season and our mobile home - although 3 bedrooms - is tiny! We can't even fit our suitcases in it, so we leave them in the car.
   We find the Dune de Pilat. A giant sand dune - 30 stories high! Today it is in the 60's and dry, which is perfect for the dunes. Once we climb to the top, Dallin, Ashy, Peyton, Kennedi and I run all the way down the front side of the dune to the ocean. The tide is out and there are crabs
everywhere. We try to catch them as they scamper sideways, but are a little weary of their pinchers. It is time to go back and we realize that what comes down, must go back up and it's a lot harder! We all run down and the kids go back up for another adventure. It was fun!

Trying hats on at the little shops.

Walking from the parking lot to the sand dunes.

In the beginning.

Halfway there.

We made it!

Talie's sunburned feet.

Tanner wasn't sure what to think about the sand.

    "Today, we got breakfast from the market and we got my fav. pastry. It was like a croissant with chocolate in it - Yummy! Anyway, we drove around France looking for fun things to do. The weather was raining and windy and it was getting late, so we had to go back and today was the day that the three oldest kids got a challenge. If we could read the book of Mormon by the end of this trip, Dallin and Ashlynn would get an Itouch and I would get a phone! So me and Ashlynn started right away! We cruised through 1st Nephi that night on the Ipad. Then went to bed." Talie