Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Today we visited our 21st National Park!
The park was originally established as Great Sand Dunes National Monument on March 17, 1932 by President Herbert Hoover.
Congress authorized a boundary change and redesignation as a national park in 2004.
The dunes were formed by the right combinations of wind, water, and sediment. Creeks and streams brought in large amounts of sediment and sand into the valley.
Wind then blew the sand toward the bend in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where opposing storm winds helped squeeze the sand into the tall dunes you see today.
We hiked to the base of the dunes and saw the end of a Viking themed wedding. Talk about a memorable and cheap wedding. Great costumes. I caught these two guests in the visitors center but they had taken off half of their costumes.
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