Colorado bound

Before leaving the Valley of Fire, we took a little walk and learned more about the area. Several miles including and around the recreation area was all created by a lava flow from a very small hill. There are rows of dark rock adding to the landscape. The eruption happened only 4000 years ago which is young in geological times.

We headed north just taking in the typical New Mexico scenery, brown hills with small green bushes. It is hard to describe how typical it is for this area and yet how beautiful it is. As we traveled north, the Colorado Rockies came into view. After seeing so much rock and sand, it was weird to see snow on the mountaintops in the distance.

Our destination today was the Sand Dune Recreation Center. We were here three years ago on our Colorado/Utah trip. We loved it so much then, that we added it to the trip this year. The recreation center has a heated pool and camping area and a 21+ greenhouse with 4 different temperature hot tubs all supplied with hot springs.

After spending 6 hours of hot tubbing, eating and drinking, we spent the night in the crowded campground. There were a lot of families who traveled here to spend the day at the pool, camp, then spend the day at the pool again. Not a bad set up really. We made coffee and then headed out looking for a breakfast spot. Google told us about a little cafe - Grammy's Kitchen. The reviews said to not be discouraged by the outside because the inside was very cute. And they were right. The outside was kind of a hole in the wall and if we weren't looking for it, we probably would have missed it. But inside was decorated so cute. The place had been in the family for four generations and everything is homemade in house. Our breakfast were delicious! And then, onward to finish the trip to see the next grandson.Read more