Woke up at 5am this morning to drive out to White Sands National Park (about 2 hours North 
of El Paso).... we got there as the park opened, to be told that the Military was practicing missle launching .... "The park will re-open at 10am." Ugh. So I bought a bunch of cheap postcards and I wrote everyone, telling them about how White Sand National Park is used for military training. Matt and I sat through a 20 minute tutorial, explaining that, "Sand Dunes are made out of sand. You can find Sand at most beaches and in most Sand Dunes." Hehe, people thought we were crazy. Matt and I were laughing so hard.... half of it was the fact that they mentioned that sand could be found on beaches, I think the other half was just lack of sleep. Sand in White Sands is actually gypsum. When the park did open, we took some photos and had a little picnic. Matthew ran wild across the sands, "This is heaven!!! Heaven!!!" Eventually, he ran so far... and it was SO bright out.... he couldn't figure out where I had parked my car. He had to have been gone for over two hours. I am happy to say, that he did remember to retrace his steps so eventually he made it back without a search party.
We're staying at an Econo Lodge tonight!! It was a whopping $40 for the night. It comes with access to a wooden sauna, a hot tub, a work out center, and a full out- waffle breakfast..... now that is a set up.
of El Paso).... we got there as the park opened, to be told that the Military was practicing missle launching .... "The park will re-open at 10am." Ugh. So I bought a bunch of cheap postcards and I wrote everyone, telling them about how White Sand National Park is used for military training. Matt and I sat through a 20 minute tutorial, explaining that, "Sand Dunes are made out of sand. You can find Sand at most beaches and in most Sand Dunes." Hehe, people thought we were crazy. Matt and I were laughing so hard.... half of it was the fact that they mentioned that sand could be found on beaches, I think the other half was just lack of sleep. Sand in White Sands is actually gypsum. When the park did open, we took some photos and had a little picnic. Matthew ran wild across the sands, "This is heaven!!! Heaven!!!" Eventually, he ran so far... and it was SO bright out.... he couldn't figure out where I had parked my car. He had to have been gone for over two hours. I am happy to say, that he did remember to retrace his steps so eventually he made it back without a search party.
We're staying at an Econo Lodge tonight!! It was a whopping $40 for the night. It comes with access to a wooden sauna, a hot tub, a work out center, and a full out- waffle breakfast..... now that is a set up.
7 comments:
Hey you two, Transformers is a great flick if you have not seen it.
Randy Moore
Dallas, Texas
P.S. Mr. Kitty says, "Hello."
Hey Randy!! I heard it's a great movie... haha, I just can't get Matt to commit to robots. : ) I miss your cat, you have a cat that is nearly equal to my own cat - and that says a lot. : ) Miss you. x0-Lo
Hi London -
Sorry to have missed you here in Socorro - sometimes my work schedule really, really sucks... :-(
Guess I'll see you in Albuq. - you should be able to catch any flick you want there!
Tony
Hello, loved the blog. Great tone.
Want to do a mutual blogroll thing ?
Regards
Sam.
Are you staying in Socorro another night? Pay attention to the street lights. :)
They're all sodium lights which explains the butterscotch color. It just weirds me out a little bit. However, it's a very good thing for the people using the big telescopes up at Sunspot. For that matter, you should drive up to Sunspot, it's much cooler up there and you can take a look at the National Solar Observatory and Apache Point Observatory (they have a 3.5 meter telescope up there). The Sloan Digital Sky survey telescope is at APO too. All sorts of cutting-edge science being done in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico.
Great image of Matt. Invoke your friendship to see Transformers, the best movie of the summer (and yes I have seen Harry Potter).
Randy Moore
Dallas, Texas
update your blog or i'll say mean things to little kitty.
-your brother
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