After the JW resort in San Antonio, we made our way to several stops in New Mexico -- Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, and Roswell -- where we visited with family and saw some cool national geological phenomena. Then we made our way to our final destination, El Paso, where we spent the Fourth of July with family and got to meet Kumen and Holly's brand new baby boy -- little Mac Rey Call, whom they adopted just a week earlier!
We had a great trip!!
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| White Sands National Park. Miles and Miles of powder white sand dunes. It's like a scene out of Star Wars. |
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| We didn't stay too long, though, because it was hot -- not the sand but the air. |
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| The day before, we spent a few hours at Carlsbad Caverns. |
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| I had gone there as a kid, but I forgot how amazing the formations are! |
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| It is 750 feet below the surface and very....well...cavernous. |
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| Ranger Harrison. |
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| Ranger Emme |
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| Everywhere you go, there are incredible structures and formations. It's very surreal. |
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| This one was hanging overhead. |
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| The kids really enjoyed it, but toward the end of the hour long tour of what is known as the "big room", they started to get a little antsy. Also, it was pretty cool down there, so the kids and I had jackets on. |
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| Sometimes it seemed like the rock formations could spring to life. I definitely recommend checking it out if you are ever in the area. |
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| Ranger Sophie |
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| Ranger Bella |
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| We got to see my Grandma and Grandpa Call in Roswell and spend an afternoon with them. |
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| Some of the great grand kids gathered together at G&G Call's. |
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| The kids hung on their great grandpa and liked playing with his dog, Lucky. Lucky got a little too friendly with Emme at one point and she ended up a little scratched and scared. But all in all, it was a pleasant visit. |
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| Then we went to El Paso for the main attraction of the trip -- Little Mac! We are so happy for Kumen and Holly! |
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| We took the kids to the high school I graduated from -- Coronado -- in El Paso and ran around the track there. It brought back some great memories. El Paso holds a special place for me. |
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| Stephen ended up really liking El Paso too. It has a good vibe there. |
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| We did plenty of eating on this trip...yummy bbq and... |
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| yummy Mexican. |
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| We stuck our hand through the border fence, which made the nearby border patrol drive their vehicle toward us, which caused Bella to panic a bit. When the fuzz realized we were just doing it for a photo, they turned around. |
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| We saw a great fireworks display while sitting on the softball field next to the church I went to when I lived in El Paso. |
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| The El Paso country club shoots off the display, and it is very close to the church, so we got a front row view. |
Though it was time to come back home, a part of me wishes we could have stayed in El Paso a bit longer.
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