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this is such an exciting moment right
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what is behind me right here
i've been waiting to get here for a
while now colorado has four national
parks
we have been to rocky mountain national
park the black canyon at the ganasan
mesa verde national park we are finally
here at the great sand dunes national
park i'm sharing our complete one day
guide to seeing all the best things in
and around the great sand dunes national
park we're hiking the dunes exploring a
waterfall relaxing in some adult only
hot springs and indulging in some local
dining nearby
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you were wondering why the heck we're
just walking through a lunch of water
well it is the middle of may
and all the snow from the mountains
are
starting to melt
and that causes a river to go through
the great sand dunes here and in order
to get to the dunes which are right here
you have to cross
the river
and
there's no bridge so you literally have
to walk through the river
to get over to the dunes because this is
like alpine waters
a little chilly on the feet just a
little little chilly
but we got it so this is our 28th
national park we have of course a lot
more to go but we're getting there 28
we're pretty excited about it so we are
gonna hike the dunes today
and
one thing i can tell you from just
standing right here at the base of these
dunes
i cannot believe how tall they are
they are enormous they are the highest
students in the usa some of the highest
probably in the world
and we were actually just in new mexico
at the white sands national park
and looking at these dunes compared to
white sands wow the white sands are itty
bitty compared to the great sand we got
the mountains back here as a backdrop
it's going to be a good day and it's
beautiful may blue bird sky right here
you guys bluebird sky colorado but
anyways let's go hike some sand dunes
the highest dune in the park is called
star dune with the summit just being
under 9000 feet you can hike to stardoon
but it's a long six mile hike in sand
the most popular hike here is to high
dune with a three mile round trip hike
we decided we were just going to go with
the flow and hike the dunes until we
didn't want to hike anymore
so today we are wearing our flip-flops
because we're hiking in sand and i don't
want our shoes to be full of sand and
this is super nice and sandy and we had
to cross a river so
again
glad i didn't wear regular shoes like
halfway
on this hike
this is a workout this sand is so soft
we're just doing it all barefoot
the nice thing about hiking these right
now may is the sand is still cool it's
that cold it's just like the perfect
temperature
because in the summer's months middle of
summer the sand gets too hot to walk on
so you definitely would have to wear
shoes or something spring and fall is a
great time to visit here
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i can't believe the depth of these dunes
they're so deep and
dooney
i can call that right we're at the dunes
but this is blowing our mind in these
beautiful mountains back here
as a backdrop
so we have hiked about
1.2 miles
of the dunes we kind of followed like
the high dunes trail we really didn't
have any like set hikes we wanted to do
on here but
we wanted to hike more we could go even
higher but we're good we're happy
we're happy right here so we're gonna
stop here and enjoy these views because
they're gorgeous
and then make our way back down i
finally did
all four national parks in
colorado wow
okay so now we're done hiking the dunes
now we're on
we're on the
shook
we're on the primitive road here in the
dunes and we're trying to find like a
spot where we could like have lunch just
like to pull off and like make our own
little lunch spot
well
we'll see if there's anything um so
right now we're
um driving in sand
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this is our lunch spot
up the perimeter of the road
at the dunes so we got a little little
view of the dunes over there but it is
time to eat we are absolutely starving
all right what are we cooking
not cooking anything i'm not cooking
sandwiching what a surprise that's like
our go-to great sand dunes sandwich
woohoo
cheers
all right this was a nice little lunch
break
now
we are gonna get ready and go hike a
waterfall
so this is not in the great sand dunes
national park but it's literally right
on the edge of it it's zapata falls it's
only like a
less than a mile hike round trip so
we're gonna go check it out it's a
really popular thing to do here while
you're in the great sand dunes um since
it's in the vicinity of the dunes we're
leaving the park we literally just
passed the entrance station look at this
line of cars
and it was like this when we were coming
off the dunes we could see this line
that far out
wow i'm so glad we got here early
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made it to the trailhead
four miles on
a
washboard gravel road up here but
it'll be worth it the hiking trail to
zapata falls is extremely rocky and it
has a nice steady incline the entire way
you'll even get some glimpses of the
great sand dunes in the distance however
just be ready you're going to be doing
multiple stream crosses once you get
closer to the waterfall
some of the clearest water i've ever
seen
it's like white
on the time of year you visit be
prepared for possible ice on the trail
and a frozen waterfall today only half
of the waterfall was frozen since this
waterfall is in a narrow canyon it
doesn't receive a lot of sunlight to
melt away at all the winter snow at
night so it could be a little icy
oh my gosh you guys this zapata falls is
so beautiful
the water is like crystal clear it's
like in a canyon it was so loud
i couldn't really talk in there so we
just hiked the
highest dunes in north america we went
in hike show waterfall had amazing lunch
it is
almost 2 30.
we are tired and ready to chill out so
we are at sand dunes recreation which is
on like the opposite side of the sand
dunes they have hot springs here and
they have an adults-only area here
called the greenhouse so we're gonna go
check it out and see what it's all about
because we're all about hot springs
so let's go see what it's like entry
into their main pool area was fifteen
dollars per person and for entry into
the greenhouse was another five dollars
per person
i felt like i was stepping into a
tropical oasis they have four different
pools and asana that are surrounded by
beautiful tropical plants and they have
a large variety of beers and wine and a
small plates menu although we didn't try
any of the food it looked so good from
what we saw it was such a relaxing and
perfect experience after a full day of
hiking this may be one of our favorite
colorado hot springs yet
how much did we love the greenhouse that
was awesome
just just go here it's 30 minutes on the
other side of the entrance like by the
great sand dunes national park and it
was like a little tropical
oasis you could have drinks in the pool
and the long skinny pool was the coolest
pool and then there was like other hot
hotter pools all around so
yeah it was amazing so go hike dunes go
hike to a waterfall and go relax
and a hot spring you guys it's you gotta
do it you just gotta do it all right you
guys so we're in alamosa colorado now
which is just like right by the dunes in
that whole area we're gonna go get some
mexican for dinner so we are at
calvino's mexican
oh i'm so hungry i did a burrito
it has
steak shrimp and chicken in it
and rice and juice and rice and beans
and then vince got
what did you get enchiladas
shredded or
ground beef enchiladas with eggs
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highly recommend calvillio's i think
it's how you say it i think i said
calvino's before so it's kabillio's i
think and if you know me you know we
gonna be hitting up some ice cream
so we found frosty acres ice cream here
in alamosa so let's go get some ice
cream oh my god i'm so excited to try
this so i got a picasso which has like
snicker crumbles and
chocolate and caramel and a whole bunch
of good chocolatey stuff
and then vince got a cheeky which is
like oreo chocolate all the things i'm
not 100 sure how it's all made or
whatever but the um inspiration for
these ice creams was from thailand they
like spread the ice cream out on a pan
and then they like turn it into like
rolls and put a bunch of good stuff on
top of it really cool thing they got
going on here all right so let's give
this a try
it's not ice cream it's different yeah
it's like it's like ice cream but it's
like different ice cream
oh my gosh how do you explain that it's
like
soft
like
still cold it's still cold but they heat
it on something to solidify the cream
um
it's extremely good yeah we've been to
thailand
but i don't ever remember seeing
anything like this so
this is really cool
oh and it's so good
yep frosty acres definitely
stop here and get some of this it's
rolled ice cream is what it's called
rolled ice cream like it's literally
like rolled into little like
rolls or tubes or cylinders or whatever
and they just like put a bunch of little
rolls all around the cup
i can't show you because they have
whipped cream and all the good stuff on
top so you can't really see the rules
but um
really cool really good oh my gosh
that is a wrap here on our day here by
the great sand dunes national park here
in colorado it was truly the best
experience and we love it we definitely
will be back one day and we're just glad
we finally made it it was about time so
if you have any questions at all
definitely let me know down in the
comments thanks so much for watching and
we'll see you guys in the next vlog bye
guys
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