A trip to the beach in Colorado

Nestled against the Sangre de Christo mountains of southeastern Colorado are the tallest sand dunes in the USA! The dunes are in the foreground, and the mountain peaks are behind them. We camped in this park, way up close to the dunes and the mountains, for four happy and peaceful nights! This area is descriptively called the beach. The water is coming from the snowmelt of the mountains, and will soon dry up until next summer. Meanwhile, kids bring their buckets and shovels and have the time of their lives!

I couldn't resist capturing this image of childhood joy:

Lots of visitors climb to the top of the dunes (not us!!). It takes an average of an hour to get there. The park host told Bill that a world class runner had visited the dunes and got to the top in 20 minutes! (Pant, pant!)