( Writing this from Pancho Villa State Park on December 27, at 9pm with an outside temperature of 30˚ . " But it's a dry cold! " )
On November 13, we did a day trip to White Sands National Monument only fifteen miles west of Alamogordo. The pure white gypsum sand dunes were there to climb and slide down if you liked or to just admire and photograph; we did them all. The sliding down part was not intentional on my part though and I got a boot full of sand to boot. Ha, Ha! If you want to slide, they sell saucer sleds at the gift shop and if you don't wish to keep them they buy them back. We've never heard of an arrangment like that before. Here are a few pictures to show how beautiful this unique desert area is.
One of the picnic areas, as you can tell the word Dunes goes with the word Wind. Needless to say, November is not a busy time for this park.
Though it is just as beautiful any time of the year and is open all year long.
David at the top of one of the dunes.
The roots of these plants hold some of the sand in place creating these strange formations as the wind blows the surrounding sand away.
If the wind blows the sand over the yucca plant the stems will grow tall enough to get enough light to stay alive until the sands blows away again.
We were so fortunate to have this gorgeous sky.
And even more fortunate to come back home to this unbelievable sunset.
Good night all !! 😊
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