Road Trip to the Great Sand Dunes National Park
Another weekend, another adventure. This time we headed South for the weekend to the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, Colorado. The weather forecast called for low 70's and lots of wind....and boy were they right! It was windy, windy, windy...so much so that it really altered our plans and limited what we could do as a family. We attempted to play in Medano Creek on Saturday, but just couldn't stay for too long because it was just too cold and windy for Alex. He wasn't exactly enjoying our "beach time", so we packed up our stuff and headed back to the hotel completely defeated by the wind. On Sunday, we came back to the Park and again it was windy. I decided to brave it and hike the dunes, while Oneea took the boys for breakfast at a restaurant nearby. I had just under 2 hours to explore, and take some pictures before she came back to pick me up. And in 2 hours, I realized how amazing the Great Sand Dunes really are. I took photo after photo, and was absolutely amazed with the scenery. It was harsh due to the wind, but I would come back in a heartbeat to explore this place more (only next time I'll pay better attention to the forecast).
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