White Sands National Monument

After a somewhat leisurely morning filled with our usual pancake breakfast followed by several masculine haircuts, we packed up our picnic lunch and headed off to the white sugar sand dunes at White Sands National Monument. It was so strange to see and feel such soft sand and be in the desert and no where near the ocean!

Enjoying a solitary moment, a man and his dog, in the 80 degree temps.

Spencer chillaxin'

Making a sand angel

How that works out

Getting some video with the GoPro - maybe

Nice and cool when you bury your feet

Getting a little more daring

Soo pretty

After we left the national monument, we decided to head to the other side of Alamogordo and check out McGinn's Pistachio Tree Farm. We got some yummy snacks and...

...saw a giant pistachio!!

Had a giggle over this sign...Parking for Nuts Only

Brighton with his buddy. (press a button and he tells you about the pistachio farm)