Sand Dunes

On Tuesday we made our last trip up to the Rexburg temple. The Idaho Falls temple is being rededicated this week and so we will be able to start going there now. With our visit up to Rexburg we made our usual stops at the temple and BYU-Idaho, but then, after the temple we drove 20 minutes north to the sand dunes in St. Anthony. Christian I think was the first one to hear about these. During the winter he started asking if we could go and he sometimes talked about how cool it would be to play in the desert.

I guess the sand dunes in St. Anthony are made up of years and years of sand blown from the Snake and Teton rivers. For some reason it all gathered in this spot at the base of the foothills in St. Anthony. When we got there we didn't really know where to go, so we just found a spot off the side of the road and started playing.










The dunes were pretty amazing. There were large flat areas and then also really huge steep hills. We brought the sled along for those. The children just loved digging, playing, and exploring in the sand - I think because it is something so different that we don't often get exposure too. Within the sand dunes there are also pockets of lava rocks and it was fun to explore those areas as well. We did see a few lizards there.


Sledding! The dunes were steeper than they look in the pictures, but the sled still didn't go too fast.







I know, there is laughing as the boys' path starts heading toward Agnes. She had decided to stay down there an play after she and I went down. I had her go way off to the side, but their sled still went that way. She wasn't really in any danger though - they were going pretty slow and I could tell by the time they got to where she was they would be pretty much stopped.



We stayed for about 2 hours before heading home. The children all had a great time and could have played longer, but it was also a really hot day. I think maybe we will have to plan a camping trip there sometime to play a little longer.