Living in the Sand

For several years now, our family has been spending the week between Christmas and New Years at the dunes. This year, it was no different. Our kids love to go there and ride, ride, ride. They ride all.day.long. They can't seem to get enough. We have good friends that join us, so the kids also look forward to spending a few days with them. We enjoyed a lot of quad riding, campfire chats, card games, and just plain hanging out. Catherine was "anti-social" for a couple of days while she read "The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown. Todd had brought it for himself to read. But, when Catherine started, she couldn't stop. It was a good read!

Sierra in her gear.

Sierra enjoying a gatorade after a good ride with the girls.

Lance and Todd brought their cycles this time. (a lot more work in the sand vs. riding a quad but they seemed to really like it).

Sometimes, instead of riding their quads, the girls would hop into the McLaws' Rhino and go for a ride with their music blaring. good times. good memories.
When the boys needed a break from quad riding, they enjoyed playing their ds'. ...such serious concentration.
Most nights, the big kids stayed out late and played. In fact, we couldn't figure out how Lance was even surviving off such little sleep. I mean that boy stayed up till at least 2 am...if not 5 am! They tp'd other trailers and did who.knows.what.else. But, they had fun and kept out of trouble. Unfortunately, the last night it caught up with Lance. We found Jayden and him asleep by the campfire.
Last minute, we decided to stay another night and boy were we glad we did. We enjoyed another night with our friends, the Goodfellows. We got in a bit more riding, played card games, and just had a great time together.

Checking for sand in his hot chocolate?

I just happened to have my camera out to catch Todd playing on his quad, doing a wheely.

Even our dog Cash learned to love the dunes. Someone was always willing to play catch with him.
Although, sometimes he didn't want to give it back:). I think he likes to play keep away just as much as likes to play catch. On the way home, our motorhomes got stuck in the sand and we also had a flat tire. So, we didn't get home till 2 am! But, it was well worth it. It was a great time, as always, at the dunes... living in the sand.