Thursday, April 3, 2008

Hiking on sand Dunes

Today we all had to wake up early because we were going to hike at the sand dunes which were three hours away. We drove for a long time and in the car we had to entertain ourselves by playing thumb wrestling and rock, paper, scissors. When we finally got there we went to the visitor center. When we finally got to the entrance of the sand dunes we took off our shoes and put them by a bush. At the sand dunes you could walk anywhere you wanted there was no certain path because the wind would just cover up your tracks. My brother, sister, and I ran ahead collecting rocks and climbing all over the sand. For a while we thought nothing could go wrong just climbing over a huge sand mountain but then the wind came. Sand would blow into your face and it would sting but then after like 10 seconds you could continue on. My sister and I would run and crawl up the steep cliffs of sand and whenever the wind would come we would stay put and hide under our sweat shirts. My sister and I also ran down a big cliff even thought my mom and dad warned us that whatever we went down we would have to find away back up. They were right, going down might have been easy and fun but going up was tiring and hard. When we went up cliffs we would have to crawl on our hands and knees and when we would do it we always slid back down. My mom and dad didn't want to go to the top of the sand dune so while they walked to a lower cliff, my brother, sister, and I hiked to the very top. Since it was just sand and no trees wherever we went on the sand dune we could always see my mom and dad. When we got to the top we were so happy since next the fun part came, running down. Even though it was really steep you could still sprint down because it doesn't hurt when you fall on sand. When we got to my mom and dad. My brother and dad were jumping off the cliff and onto the sand. My brother even did a flip on the sand. When we were done jumping we headed back down the sand dune. On the way down the cliff my sister and I slid on our bellies head first down the sandy slope and our pocket filled with sand. Finally we got to flat ground and my sister and walked behind my mom, dad, and brother collecting rocks. Finally, we went back to the car. Once we started heading back we ate and went home and we were all tired enough to go straight to bed. 

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