White Sands

 I have finally worked up the courage to go through our road trip photos (there are SO many) One of the highlights of our trip would have to be our visit to White Sands, NM. First off because in husband's family this is a tradition, they have generations of family that have all climbed those dunes. Can I also take this moment to talk about climbing those dunes, sure the slide down is fun but the intense cardio workout of getting up there holding a toddler and having a baby bump was enough to make me rethink doing it more than a two times. WOW!

Without getting too nerdy White Sands NM is one of only two places in the world that actually has completely snow white sand, it was incredible there were moment that you looked over and actually thought it could be snow. We spent the morning there with family eating breakfast, sliding down dunes (two times for me thank you) and just enjoyed this beautiful sight. I fell in love with the mid century looking shelters all scattered around the camp site. Definitely a place I would love to go back and visit again.

Detroit Lake

We spent husbands day off on a mini family road trip. We packed up some lunch and our camping stove along with a ton of extra diapers (because you really never know how many you will actually need with these two) The fun part about this was that it was all a surprise. Husband told me what to pack but didn't tell me the exact destination. Boy was I surprised especially because I merely suggested going to the park. 

We have heard about Detroit Lake from a lot of locals as one of the more popular camping sites. And we could see why. It is so beautiful. This So Cal girl gets pretty amazed by so many trees and lush greenery everywhere. We drove around the lake and stopped at a few different places to enjoy the view but finally stopped at the main camp site next to the shore. There was some grass and a park bench and even a little climber that B could play on. It was so perfect. We ate a late lunch while W played on the grass totally content and B chased ducks. (Finally an animal that he is not scared of). We packed up and headed home while our little baby slept and our little toddler literally talked the whole way home. Impressive!