Breaking for Spring

Road trip time!  First stop, the malpais--black lava

Wishing he were spelunking

second stop was the smokey the bear gravesite.  And this place

Then White Sands National Monument!

Have you figured out why it's called white sands?

gypsum crystal

becoming junior rangers

Dad's favorite part of the trip--missile range museum

We really enjoyed out time at White Sands.  Alamogordo, not so much.  The weather was lovely and warm and the wind didn't even blow all that much.  Which is a little strange since the white sands are formed by the wind blowing all the time down there and blowing the gypsum crystals into little bitty sand crystals which are really quite white.  And fun to sled down!