Hey, hey! School is about to start and I'm just now recapping our Summer camping trip. Once we got back from vacation, I've had some errors on my blog and couldn't get any pictures to upload. I've since figured out a way around it, but it's definitely more time consuming.
We'd been planning this camping trip for at least 6 months, but talking about it since we had our last big family camping trip. Two years ago, we visited Colorado, The Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone, and this yearr we opted for more time in Colorado. It was the perfect way to escape the 100 degree weather we had been having in Texas.
We loaded up on June 29th, and left bright and early in the morning. Like I think we left around 5:30. Thankfully the girls didn't complain too much about the early wake up call.
The first day, we drove to Amarillo to meet my parents, brother, sister in law, and neice. We drove & drove, until it was time for lunch.
When we're driving on long trips, it's easiest to just pull off in to a big gas station and fix a sandwich in the camper.
After lunch, we were back on the road. Gabby made her a comfy seat right in the center console... or she was on my lap.
We pulled in to Palo Duro Canyon state park late in the afternoon.
The girls were so excited to see Ya-ya!
We had really hoped to do some hiking or exploring in Palo Duro, but it was HOT! Like over 100 degrees and several trails were closed because it was just too dangerous. The girls played together inside a camper, and the adults hung out in my parents camper and chatted.
Our campsite was gorgeous despite the heat and the flies.
We opted to have dinner at a Mexican restaurant in town rather than dragging out all of the cooking supplies in the heat and battling the flies.
I had an amazing margarita and the chips and queso were perfection!
Back at the camper, and this girl and I hung out outside and went for a walk.
Friday morning we were up early again! Megan and Adalyn rode with my brother, so Gretchen and Gabby were content in the backseat by themselves! We stopped for lunch at a rest stop in Colorado, and then drove to our campground in Alamosa.
Once we got checked in and settled, the girls got to work on their travel journals.
We had burgers for dinner- yum!
And Gretchen played guitar for us. She's been teaching herself this summer.
After dinner, we loaded back up and drove about an hour to the Great Sand Dunes National Park.
We bought a a national park scratch off map a while back, and now we get to scratch off another park! Unfortunatley, we went late and we didn't get to put a stamp in our passport book.
There was a stream of snow melt run off across the sand dunes, that we waded through. It was so cold!
We hiked to the first sand dune that we could reach. It was not easy hiking up through the sand!
You can bring sleds and sled down the dunes or just play in the water. You can walk all over, but because it was getting late, and because hiking through the sand is a lot harder than it sounds, we were happy to just walk to the first one!
The wind was also blowing like crazy, and the mosquitos were awful once we got back to the parking lot.
We drove through the campground, and there was a waterfall nearby that we had thought about stopping at, but didn't because of time.
We only had the one afternoon in Alamos, so I'm glad we were able to squeeze in the sand dunes for a bit but there's definitely more that we could have done!
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