Over the mile-long hood of a 1969 Dodge Polara, I watched various lifted 4x4 trucks spit sand as they paid their entrance fee at the ranger booth and powered onto the beach. "Am I going to get stuck?" ...

It happens practically every time a hot rodder ventures out to a sandy spot: He gets bitten by the "dune bug." Dennis Craig was no exception, but he did have a problem of sorts — being a family man.