After we left the Ice Cave, we drove to Las Cruces and checked into our hotel. The boys had another fun time swimming and we all enjoyed the complimentary dinner that was served at the hotel. Next morning, we drove to White Sands to play in the white sand of course! :)
Something about New Mexico....it has A LOT of wide open spaces with no civilization for hours. I was the primary driver because I get carsick when I'm a passenger. I had done a pretty good job of keeping the gas tank filled up, but for some reason I totally forgot to glance at it and realized I was on empty and quite far from a gas station....ugh. We came upon a road block where we were forced off the highway so that border control could check and verify we were American citizens. This was pretty close to White Sands, but my gas light had come on and I was getting really worried about running out of gas. We were driving a minivan that we rented for the trip and so it burned gas pretty fast. Luckily, the border control cop was able to direct me to a gas station and we made it without running out of gas. :)
After filling our tank and wiping the sweat off my brow, we drove the last few miles to the White Sands National Park. We decided it was just WAY too HOT to hike the dunes in August, so we opted to buy (rent really) some saucer style sleds you usually use on snow and drive to the dunes so the boys could sled down the sand dunes. There is a really great drive you can take that is about 16 miles round trip that takes you through the park. It was basically a sea of white sand dunes all around us. Finally, we stopped and let the kids get out and climb the dunes with their sleds so they could slide down. They had a great time despite how HOT it was. Even Jimmy and I took part in the sand sledding. :)
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