White Sands National Monument

For the second half of our 2009 holiday break, we hit the road and headed South to the Land of Enchantment. Along the way, we stopped in Roswell to see the UFO and Alien sites, and also took a quick day trip to Taos to visit the Pueblo. But the main attraction for this trip was the White Sand Dunes, which are just South of Alamogordo, NM. This is a fairly long drive from our house, so we ended up doing a lot of driving at night when Alex was sleeping. Once we finally arrived in town (~600 miles from our house), we setup basecamp at the Holiday Inn Express, and then explored the dunes for 2 days. We hiked (Prince Alex rode in his Chariot), sledded, and celebrated New Year's Eve while in the Park....but mostly we looked, listened and just enjoyed one of nature's finest creations. No question we'll be back to New Mexico again soon, as there's so much to see and do here. Our 4 day road trip just scratched the surface.