As we awoke this morning, Paul opened the shade of the side bedroom window and this happened…
Waking up to snow was a big surprise… Paul’s comment was “I guess we are playing in the snow today!”. Love it! It continued to snow most of the morning and as the temperature rose to 45, we decided to venture to Great Sand Dunes National Park, literally just down the road. When we entered the park, the Ranger said that it is rare that there is snow on the dunes in May and it doesn’t last more than a few hours so we are off for an adventure.
Well, the dunes were magnificent beauty in the snow, something spring travelers don’t get to see. And Medano Creek was unexpected but pretty cool (figuratively and literally!). People were walking through the creek and trying to hop from sand bar to sand bar, some not so successfully! We weren’t prepared for water adventures so we walked around a bit and drove through the park and campground in the park on our way back to the RV to get our water shoes. Lunch, some rain, then blue skies in time for our water walk across Medano Creek.
Compare these pictures to the ones from this morning… 3 hours difference in time but priceless, dramatic changes in the dunes. It was easier to walk on the wet sand dunes and thankfully so since we are over 8100 ft. elevation and the oxygen is pretty thin up there. The dunes are way more immense when you are actually among the waves of sand… so glad we walked up partway.
It was truly spectacular! We crossed back over the Creek and as we stepped on the other shore near the parking lot, the hail started… It’s all in the timing 🙂 Another storm came in but we beat the rain back to the RV.
Unexpected adventures and remarkable landscapes made by Mother Nature.
Wow, sounds so cool! What an adventure