“ We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.”  Wilbur Wright

Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park was a delightful respite over the weekend. Noted as the largest natural sand dunes in North America, I ask if the topographer has visited our OBX Jockey’s Ridge? 😎 We enjoyed hiking the dunes, watching kids sled and sand board and doing a bit of birding lakeside, those are maybe pintail ducks. Nighttime at Bruneau is one of the best star gazing opportunities in western skies 🌌, during summer months an observatory just below us one can see out into the great beyond! Reminds me of nighttime on Bald Head Island….a million stars ✨

Campifires 🔥 and roasting marshmallows, being lazy, reading a fun new book of short stories by Tom Hanks and and of course some college football 🏈 were the biggest happenings of our weekend. Our neighbor did go hunting down the road Sunday am and we watched him clean a pheasant and stick it in a bucket of brine. Said his wife to fry it up for Sunday night supper. Sounded yummy. Weather was so nice we stayed through Sunday night and had the park to ourselves after the families and scouts packed up for home. High winds rocked our little world on wheels in the wee hours of Monday so we pulled in our slides and slept out the rest of the night fort style… yes all of Dos Leggos on the big bed. 

Headed into the Silver State next….

Cheers from the open road! n&j 😘