Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.
Oscar Wilde
I have always had an adventurous spirit. I remember when I was a kid and my parents would take us to new places where we got to explore and try new things. My favorite was always trying new foods. I am so looking forward to trying new foods and seeing new scenery.
So today, entering New Mexico is a very exciting day. One of our first stops was Amigo’s Mexican Foods as it came highly recommended. We tried “authentic” Mexican food; tamales and gorditas. On this day we also drank New Mexico wine from Lacombe’s and Tularosa wineries. I even tried a green chili Cervasa (now that beer packed some heat).
One of the things is that New Mexico is known for is the White Sands National Park and general area which is in the Tularosa basin and covers over 275 square miles. In this area there is also the White Sands Missile Range. So, on our way through the area, we stopped at the missile centre as this highly secured area has a museum that they let the public in to see. Unfortunately, because of high winds it was closed today.
However, it was actually fortunate as because of the high winds the White Sands National Park was open as there was no missile testing today. They told us that this stark white dune field is one of the rarest landscapes on the planet. Also of note is there is only a handful of gypsum dune systems that exists in the world and White Sands National Park is the largest.
Fun fact – apparently astronauts can see these dunes clearly from space. For us today, it was like playing in the worlds largest sandbox. We climbed the dunes, rolled down the dunes and, because of the generosity of a couple of kids, we got to slide down them! Some of these dunes are up to 60 feet tall (18m). One of the rules of the park was not to collect the sand however, they never said anything about the amount of sand that was in our shoes or our pockets 😊.