Trip Review Part 2

This photo was taken at  The Great Sand Dunes National Park. 

From a distance it looks like a lighter, lower mountain range in the distance. But up close it's mind-blowing. 132.8 square miles of sand. 

This is me in the distance. (Great picture, right? ) 

The history of the dunes is fascinating.  Check out the Wikipedia page.  This apparently fragile environment, created 440,000 years ago, is actually growing/increasing every year.  

We didn't spend much time there, but it's definitely worth going back to visit again, especially to see how far I can walk and walk and walk through the 40-50 foot and higher dunes that go on for quite a distance. 

Another fun aspect of Southern Central Colorado is the signs for UFOs all over the place. Here's an example. 

And, finally, once in Santa Fe we went to a lot of shops and galleries. My favorite were the kinetic sculptures.

Enjoy!