Just 2 1/2 hours away from Colorado Springs is Great Sand Dunes National Park. These are the largest sand dunes in North America. It was a beautiful day with the high just barely reaching 80.
Unfortunately it was a bit windy. Our sensory sensitive little boy
couldn't bear the feel of the wind blowing sand against his legs.
Judith had a hard time too since she was lowest to the ground. Even
Mike and I felt the sting with particularly big gusts of wind (15-25 mph
according to the weather channel website).
It made for a shorter hike
though the dunes than we had hoped, but we decided that if we had seen one pile of sand, we'd seen them all. Jonas and Mike ended up venturing a little further than the rest of us, but they too, soon turned back.
We were able to spend lots of time at the creek though. The sand wasn't blowing much across the water so we were safe for play. Mike and Jonas worked hard on a dam and re-routing streams of water.
When I pan to the right, look for the little girl in the distance wearing purple shorts and a green top throwing mud. That's Judith. She was a good rock hunter for Mike and Jonas' dam as well. :)
Just outside the park was Zapata Falls. We drove 3 miles down a gravel road, hiked 1/2 a mile to the river, and then rock climbed/waded back into the chasm (as far as we dared) to get a glimpse of the 25ft falls. The water was FREEZING as it was from the snow melt off just above us so we didn't make it all the way back in there, but it was still pretty cool.
Mike attempted to take Jonas a little further back, but the water was just too cold for the boy, and then Mike one of his shoes in the current so after that, it was over for them too.
It was a fun day trip! Trying to get 'em all in before we leave! :(
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