Thursday, August 25, 2016

An Early Summer Weekend in the Great Sand Dunes

 It's the biggest beach in Colorado and we couldn't have had more fun!  Day 1 - We left Grandma & Grandpa Erb to relax by the water while we hiked up the dunes.  We made it about 1/3 of the way to the top.  It was the hardest hike ever!

 The morning of Day 2 we hiked to a waterfall.  We had to boulder along the ice cold water and walk through it at the end to get into the cave-like waterfall.  It was an adventure--and our feet were frozen by the end.

 The afternoon of Day 2 took us to the river for water and sand play.  We parked ourselves in the water, build sand castles, offshoots to the river, and played catch.  It was awesome, but you can't even imagine the places we found sand when we left!
 Jacob cooling off in the water.  The river dries up to a trickle by the end of June. 
 John is proud of his castle.
 These three monkeys laying in the deepest part of the current.
 Kenny spent an hour acting as a civil engineer.  He redirected some of the water to a separate pool area.  He took the project VERY seriously!
It was a quiet ride home!

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