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Next we visited the Great Sand Dunes.
Sand dunes in the distance-I'm in the foreground
The Sand Dunes are on the other side of the Rockies from Silver Cliff, but there is no direct road through the mountains. You had to either go up to Salida or down around to Gardner and around Blanca Peak.
Sand dunes against the Sangre de Cristos
Since we were already in Uravan near Nucha, we just had to come east. At the time I was told that the ocean once deposited the sand, but I know now that was not accurate. The dunes developed from sand left behind after prehistoric lakes receded and blew towards a low curve in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America (750' high at an elevation of 8,700' above sea level).
A visit to the Sand Dunes (like a visit to the Garden of the Gods and to Silver Cliff) a family tradition when we are in Colorado.
Sand dunes
My dad took my mom on their honeymoon and she said there was an electrical storm and her hair stood up straight on her head. Nothing like that happened this time.
Sand dunes with tiny people on the top
President Hoover signed a bill to make the Great Sand Dunes a National Monument in 1932, but they weren't made a National Park until 2004.
This is where the photo of the flower in the sand was taken
Sand dunes in the distance-I'm in the foreground
The Sand Dunes are on the other side of the Rockies from Silver Cliff, but there is no direct road through the mountains. You had to either go up to Salida or down around to Gardner and around Blanca Peak.
Sand dunes against the Sangre de Cristos
Since we were already in Uravan near Nucha, we just had to come east. At the time I was told that the ocean once deposited the sand, but I know now that was not accurate. The dunes developed from sand left behind after prehistoric lakes receded and blew towards a low curve in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America (750' high at an elevation of 8,700' above sea level).
A visit to the Sand Dunes (like a visit to the Garden of the Gods and to Silver Cliff) a family tradition when we are in Colorado.
Sand dunes
My dad took my mom on their honeymoon and she said there was an electrical storm and her hair stood up straight on her head. Nothing like that happened this time.
Sand dunes with tiny people on the top
President Hoover signed a bill to make the Great Sand Dunes a National Monument in 1932, but they weren't made a National Park until 2004.
This is where the photo of the flower in the sand was taken