Sandboarding down a huge sand dune has to be one of Sean's favourite things from this trip. This area of 30 sq. miles of sand dunes, the highest one at 750 feet tall is the largest in North America. We chose not to climb up High Dune, though many people did. The surface temperature of the sand was about 110 degrees, but would be closer to 140 at the top. The hike would have taken about 2 hours, and walking up all that moving sand just to get to the top didn't seem to be that big of a deal to us!!Instead we set up our umbrella and chairs, spent a couple hours sand boarding and tobogganing, and had a lovely picnic! I did a nature hike with a ranger and learned all sorts of cool stuff.
We are staying in Alamorosa, Colorado, and had a lovely drive up over the Continental Divide through the mountains to arrive here - good thing we got the big truck!!
That is sooooo cool!!
ReplyDeleteMe again....just finished going through all the blogs....I have to say...... what an amazing job you have done documenting your adventures. I really enjoyed reading everything and the pictures are FABULOUS!!! Have a great weekend, and I will touch base again next week!! Hugs to everyone....Janie
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