Today was originally planned as a day in Guadalupe National Park (you can hike to the highest point in Texas). However, at a poolside conversation yesterday, a fellow camper mentioned White Sand Dunes National Monument as a great place to take the kids. So we re-routed and replaced Guadalupe with White Sand Dunes. I hope Guadalupe's feelings weren't hurt..... There was no way my kids were going to make the 8 mile trek to the top anyway. I had to be real about that.
Sometime in the past I had heard about White Sand Dunes. Perhaps it was a reference to the Missile launch facility or the Airforce base in White Sands. The comment was so long ago, I really hadn't remembered the White Sand Dunes as anything special.
After today, I think they are something special for sure, and definitely a place to visit. When you drive into the dunes, you feel like you are on another planet. Everything is white and there is no vegetation. Check out this great picture of Bailey being pulled by Dakota, the Watkins' dog. This picture is what we look like going down the road (Mayo RV in front, Watkins in the rear), but set in the backdrop of the white sands. The pictures just don't do it justice.
1 comment:
Wow, that looks fun, Hunter family!! Keep it up: movin' down the road makin' memories!
-David
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