Nat. Park #43

Now we get to go to God’s sandbox! It’s such a strange situation to have so much sand right at the base of a mountain range. We get onto the sand and immediately it’s a struggle. Of course walking on sand is hard and walking up hill on sand is even more challenging. However we want to get to the top of the first ridge so we can see some of the expansive views. It was very hard. The wind is whipping the sand at us when we try to sit down for a rest but when standing up the wind is really helping. I couldn’t do this in the dead of summer! Madre, Flan, and I made it all the way to the top. Padre dropped out early and Mike made it most of the way. It was worth it to make it to the top but my legs were shaking! Coming down was so strange since we could just ride the sand like a wave of water! No wonder they rent people sleds. Padre and Mike had gotten our sleds for us so once we got down we did a few runs but the walking back up even the small dunes was not making the sledding all that worth while. So we left the main dune area and had lunch. Then we still had energy (apparently) so we went on another hike that was kinda in the back of the dunes. It was another good national park - I would recommend!!Read more