~Sand Mountain~

Winter is almost here and we haven't even had a chance to go to the sand dunes since Spring. We wanted to make sure we got to go before it snowed or was too cold to enjoy it. The kids absolutely love going on four-wheeler rides and sandrail rides. Besides its like having a giant sandbox and they both love that too.

This new Yukon we have has worked perfect and was great for this trip. Rick, Judi, Brandon, Lilly, and us four all fit comfortably with the third row of seats. We had Brett and Rick in the front, me, Dax and Brandon in the middle, and Judi, Lilly and Rylee in the back row. We had the DVD player going for the kids and it even pulled the enclosed trailor perfectly.

The second we got there Rylee wanted to go on every ride with every person that went on a ride. She couldn't get enough. She loves going in the sandrail and even going as fast as it will go up the face of Sand Mountain doesn't scare her! Dax loved riding in it too. We had a really good time. It's funny because when Rylee was 18 months old she would get that feeling when we would go over hills and didn't like it, but with Dax he just says "whooahhh" and "weeee" and loves everything about it. Because he was loving it so much and taking it so well, we decided to take him at turbo speed up the face of the mountain. He didn't get scared one bit. I have one extreme little boy on my hands. Rylee is like her mommy, she likes extreme stuff but does it with caution. Dax is just extreme, like his daddy.

We all had a great time and the weather was perfect!

As many times as I have went to the sand dunes over the last 14 years, I had never seen the spider tree. Rick took me in the sandrail and showed me where it was. Then I took Brett and Rylee to see it and then took Brett, Dax and Brandon to see it. It really does look like a Spider Tree.

Can't wait until Spring so we can go enjoy the dunes once again....