South Colorado
This was a fun stop – a great break from travel. Wherever you stay, grab a sand board (basically a snow board with a special coating underneath) then prepare yourself for a long hot walk across sand and up some dunes to find your spot.
Our first attempt to go down a dune resulted in flip after maybe three feet of pushing. Turns out the camp folks were right – wax that board. After a light coating of wax, the next attempt resulted in a flip after about 20 feet of slip sliding away. We had a great laugh and then tried for another hour to make it down – while watching other folks do the same (with the occasional young person showing off their skills!).
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After our attempts to sand board, we headed out of the park and stopped at Zapata Falls on a whim. Wow! So glad we did. This is a beautiful place… a short hike and then wow..
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