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I arrived at the Sandhills State Park just before the Park Office closed for the day at 1630. Ranger Phil checked me in and said he was a AK (procures, receives and issues supplies, materials, parts and equipment for Navy Aviation) in the Navy for 5 years.
We swapped a couple sea stories and he gave me a free park sticker. It was free because the S is missing from Monahans, so they can't sale it. As he was locking up, he told me about the Geocache in the park. As soon as I found my space and parked, I took off on the Jaguarundi 🚲 in search of the cache which ended up a 1000' walk up and down the sand hills, like a beach! I continued to ride just outside the park to find another one. I had to wait for the office to open up in the morning to get the answers for the Earth Cache.
I got back to the van and got set up. I have been using traction boards to level up the van. I cooked dinner and watch the Padres game. The day use area had groups of kids using saucers to slide down the sand dunes. I had fun watching them as the sun set. My space pointed north, so in the morning I had a good view the sunrise.
I stopped at the park office on my way out to get the answers to the Earth Cache. Talked Geocaching with the Rangers and got on the road heading east.
In Florence Oregon they used to slide down the dunes also. This is when I lived in OR back in the mid-80s. There were also a lot of buggy's and bikes riding all over. I also remember some. Place in UT where we (the ex & I) would go to where there were sand dunes. I can't remember where that is.
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