Great Sand Dunes
National Park, Colorado
July 7 - 8, 2007  

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Nothing but Sand ...
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Many many times I visited my sister in Colorado, I wanted to go to the Sand Dunes. But I chose this time in the summer to go, in the the hottest kind of weather. It was a long drive of 300 miles to the National Park in Southern Colorado.

We first visited a nearby waterfall called Zapata Falls 5 miles outside of the Park. It was like an oasis when compared to the far away view of a desert like sand dunes. Zapata Falls was fed by the snowmelt of the "Sangre de Cristo" range.

We started at 6am to avoid the extreme heat. The sand was wet, due to a big rainstorm the day before. We hiked for about 2.5 hours to what we believed the highest peak of the dunes - Star Dunes. My nieces were complaining when we were hiking up on the sand dunes. It was difficult but the reward for them was unbeatable. Slides ... They brought their snow sledge here. One dune at a time, we slowly backtracked and slided down. It was fun .....


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Sunset @ Denver International Airport

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Great Sand Dunes from Zapata Falls

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Zapata Falls ....
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So American, ... why they have to do this ?
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To see the falls, we waded through the icy cold water.

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Zapata Falls ....
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My feet were cold-numb/td>
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Rainstorm was coming in.

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On top of Zapata Falls ....
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My Signature Shadow

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This gotta be a sign of "Don't mess with me".
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Rain, Lightning and Thunder and more ...

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I am ready to dump ...

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Man, .. it's 6am .... can I ?
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Trash sign.
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They got a new entrance sign !

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Humming bird in the rain
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Sunrise in the valley

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Hey buddy ...
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Burning up the morning mist ....
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First ridge up the dunes

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My signature shadow
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... step by step ...

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Sand is drying up slowly, grain by grain

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Who's there ?
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What else can I say ?

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"Where are we going ?"
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... up here ...

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I was so lost ...
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Untouch sand ...

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....ah .... ahh....

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eha ....

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Like 2 little camels wandering on the dunes

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Wet sand ....
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Quote of the day ...
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Goddbye Sand Dunes

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I felt so relaxed in the shade
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yeah .... me too.



Location: Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
Map: Area Map of Great Sand Dunes National Park
High Resolution Image Map:   Back Country Map




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