Our First Trip to the Desert!

AHHH! I can't believe it's December 1st already!! Where is the time going?!

Over the Thanksgiving break, we took our first of many trips to the desert. Where is the desert you ask? Well technically it's called the Imperial Sand Dunes and it's near the Arizona border. It's a really amazing area with miles and miles of sand dunes. Big hills, little hills, and lots of sand, everywhere. A lot of people go there over the Thanksgiving weekend, and we were one of them! The kids were very excited to get out there and ride their new quads that we had just purchased the week prior. Owen is still too small to ride his quad but he will grow into it and someone will have to ride with him for now.

We left on Thanksgiving Day. I cooked a turkey breast and some sides for lunch and then we packed up the toy hauler and headed out! It took us almost 5 hours to get there only because we had to stop quite a few times to either get gas or feed Gavin. But the kids did really well and didn't complain too much. We arrived late at night and the kids and I went to bed after the heater warmed up the toy hauler. Justin decided to take a night ride with the other guys. He said it was cold out. It was!

The next day, Savanna practiced riding her quad in a circle around our camp. She went slowly at first and then increased her speed little by little. We were very proud of how well she did!

Owen's quad wasn't working right so he was Justin's little helper in figuring out what was wrong with it:

That night both kids were super tired from being outside all day and they slept really well:

Gavin and I slept on the top queen bed:

The next day, our good friend Cynthia offered to take the kids and I out for a ride in their Polaris Razor. I really enjoyed riding in it:

This is Brad (Cynthia's husband) and their two kids:

The dunes go on for miles:

Every night we would enjoy sitting by the fire and having s'mores, of course:

It got pretty windy at times, you can see the sand on my camera lens in this shot:

We've decided that we definitely want to get a bigger toy hauler in the future. It's pretty tight with all of us in there. From where I'm standing there is a small kitchen behind me and a bathroom to the right:

But Gavin liked being snug as a bug! :)