Today was a lovely drive across Colorado. We could see snow topped mountains to the east getting closer and closer. We did see some fall color, but I think we probably missed the peak colors by a week or two. We stopped for lunch at the Continental divide which was an interesting and very cold stop.
The hour drive into the Great Sand Dunes was interesting as it was a big valley surrounded by mountains on all four sides and potato fields immediately around us. I’ve said before that every national park is very unique and great. Sandunes did not disappoint. The dunes of sand are huge and cover quite a bit of distance from east to west we walked from the parking lot out to the dunes, but did not go up into the dunes. It was the toughest we’ve had so far - walking in the sand was not easy and the sand was blowing very hard. Apparently, it is a 3 mile hike up to the highest dune. We got there late so we couldn’t do it and to be quite honest I don’t think I’d ever want to do it.
From there, we headed over to the Montville Nature Trail and part of the Mosca Pass Trail. The trail was lined with pinon pine trees and we collected some nuts.
We headed back to Pinon Flats Campground. This campground has no water and electricity but a fantastic view of the sand dunes. We had a dinner of cheese and crackers and even a beer. Scotty ran the generator for about half an hour during which time we ran our heater to warm up the trailer. We pulled out blankets to ready ourselves for the night.
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