Michael woke up early for the sunrise, which looked amazing!
We had plans to take a day trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park, which is about a two hour drive. We were all excited to visit a new national park and to go sandboarding. This is our 24th national park.
With our sandboard and sleds that we rented at the entrance, we trekked out to the sand dunes. It didn't look like a long walk, but was pretty difficult in the sand.
The kids were all so excited to try it out. We quickly discovered that it was much more difficult than it looked. Patrick was the first to pick it up and helped out Caitie a little bit. The other boys picked it up shortly after. I tried twice and called it quits after I bruised my tailbone on a fall. It hurt much more than expected to fall in the sand.
It was a gorgeous day and the mountains in the background made for such a beautiful view. We had heard that the sand gets extremely hot in the summer, but it was perfect for our visit.
I was worried that the 4 hour round trip drive wouldn't be worth it, but it was the boys favorite activity on the vacation. They all agreed it was worth the drive. We spent a half a day laying on the sand taking turns going down the hills.
Caitie had a pretty big fall so Michael and the younger two headed back to the car after a couple hours. Patrick and Peyton hung out for another 45 minutes or so sandboarding. I happily sat in the sand in the 60 degree weather eating prickly pear jelly beans while watching Patrick and Peyton fly down the sand hills. Doesn't get much better than that!
On our way back to town we made a quick stop at a beautiful waterfall.
We were all really excited to get back to the resort and soak our sore muscles in the hot springs!
It also happened to be St. Patrick's day, so we enjoyed a fun green beverage!
Such a pretty view!
It was such a fun day! I hope it's one that the kids look back on with fond memories!
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