Sand dunes and you are not anywhere near the seaside or beach! Almost too unusual to understand how this can happen however a dried out sea bed and two conflicting winds have managed to create a minor environmental miracle - add two rivers that feed either side of the sand dunes and you have a wildlife mix that astonishes you when standing in the middle of the Colorado mountains at 7,100 feet altitude! Only attempt climbing to the peak of you are fit and have two hours or more! This is the proverbial two steps forward one step back. Kids love the boards you can rent to slide down the dunes. Essential to take water, shoes for the potentially very hot sand 140 degrees max, and wind and sand protection like glasses and wind breaker. A treat to have a national park that you can act as wild as you like and cause no damage to yourself or to the park!
