Great Sand Dunes National Park

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The new stove and griddle work great for making pancakes on cold mornings.

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My little tent that I have had forever.

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Looking at the sand dunes from the campground.

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The toilet is an old Rio Grande boxcar.

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Big mountains looming over the campground.

 

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The Toyota with its nice new tube bumper hanging out in the campground waiting for us to load up for the day.

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Heading back into the park.

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This picture needs more buffalo.

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The last time I was here as a kid, this was still a national monument.

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Dice and a cracked windshield.

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Dunes.

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Misty mountains.

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The turnoff to the primitive road we came over the day before.

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Big dunes are HUGE when you stand next to them.

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MASSIVE dunes.

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Little animal footprints in the sand.

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Beetle tracks!

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Wind prints from the grass whipping back and forth.

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We didn’t make it to the top of the first ridge.  The sand got too hot for our feet.

 

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Heather already came down while I was trying to tough it out in the hot sand a bit longer.

 

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The sand made an odd rumbling noise as I walked down it.

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Who needs doors on their truck anyway?

 

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Airing up the tires after playing in the sand.

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Heading away from the dunes.

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Wherever you are is the right place to be.

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Dunes.  Dunes everywhere.

 

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One last look back east toward the dunes as we head north toward alligators.

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