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.

Dune buggy driver and land access advocate Evelyn Tallman-Duceshi, who helped keep Oceano Dunes near Pismo Beach open to all, and whose knowledge of sand driving was sought out by both neighbors and ...