Drove all day from Grants, NM to White Sands National Monument. The driving is not much fun, but does give the girls a huge block of time to get ahead on school work. We made it to the monument by 4:00 p.m., just in time to buy sleds so the girls could slide down the giant sand dunes. The dunes are made of gypsum - very unusual. Gypsum is soluable in water and is usually carried out to the sea by rivers and streams, but in White Sands there is no outlet for water so the gypsum just piles up into dunes (over millions of years that is).
The girls spent the evening sliding in sand. It was warm and the sunset was exquisite. Today will be more of the same, but will hike several of the dune trails and finish up Jr. Ranger books.
Such a great photograph of Abbey & Emily and the white sand - Wow!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like your travels continue to be great adventures! Yippee skippee!
Annie