12 night trip: CA to UT & CO Natl. Parks
I am planning our summer roadtrip for June. Time is tight this year and I think I only have 12 nights. Might be able to squeeze in a few more nights if needed. Main goal is visiting the NP's in So...
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Most kids the age of yours LOVE Great Sand Dunes NP. If you do decide to go there, get some cheap snow saucers at Walmart before you leave or in Alamosa. Even kids who hate hiking will spend all day hiking up the dunes just to be able to slide back down on a saucer. These are not seaside sand dunes--some are 700 ft. (a San Francisco skyscraper) tall. So, just spray the kids with suntan lotion and bug spray and let them have the time of their lives!
IMHO, the Aztec NM ruins are nothing like the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. And, if the kids enjoy Mesa Verde and you do decide to go from Durango to the Great Sand Dunes, take a very brief side trip to one of my favorite Anasazi ruins at the new Chimney Rock National Monument. It is just west of Pagosa Springs and a mile south of US 160.
For more things to see and some inexpensive campground suggestions, see my blog HERE.
IMHO, the Aztec NM ruins are nothing like the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. And, if the kids enjoy Mesa Verde and you do decide to go from Durango to the Great Sand Dunes, take a very brief side trip to one of my favorite Anasazi ruins at the new Chimney Rock National Monument. It is just west of Pagosa Springs and a mile south of US 160.
For more things to see and some inexpensive campground suggestions, see my blog HERE.
