Great Sand Dunes National Park

I visited the dunes on Sunday July 16. Just north of the New Mexico border in Colorado is the Great Sand Dunes National Park. About 2 hours north of Taos. The dunes sit at the east basin of the Sangre De Cristo Mountians (Blood of Christ) The vast eco system here has formed more than 330 square miles of dunes up to 750feet high! I would suggest visiting in the spring or fall and hit the dunes at sunrise! In the spring Medano Creek runs from the winter moisture off the Mountians. Its meanders on the southern part of the dunes and weaves its way to the Rio Grande. The sand is washed off the mountians and is recycled back to the mountains with the winds.! Once again the park is full of depth and weight in it's human history as well as geological! Archeologist have found Clovis points and carved stone effigys from 11,000 years ago! Hoover signed it a Monument in 1932 then it became a Park in '76. In 2000 Congress authorized the expansion to the near by preserve. They got buffalo there!