{"id":310,"date":"2020-08-30T02:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T02:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adventureaday.blog\/?p=310"},"modified":"2020-08-30T02:29:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T02:29:36","slug":"the-great-sand-dunes-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureaday.blog\/index.php\/2020\/08\/30\/the-great-sand-dunes-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Sand Dunes National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A portion of the Great Sand Dunes, dwarfed by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All photos copyright 2020 by Kerry Gleason, Inspiration Point Productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Restrooms closed. Panic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Where’s my lunch?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dunes, which are ever changing. Those little dark specks are people. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turning back. Before long, the wind will erase my footsteps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A magpie with brilliant blue feathers plots his assault on my picnic lunch. His pal perched on the wheel rims of my Jeep and started pecking on my tire. Birdbrain. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A hawk. Breakfast doesn’t deliver itself. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shadows on the dunes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunset over the Great Sand Dunes National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wind writing on the sand. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We are tiny.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Self portrait to prove I was there. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Rocky Road to Zapata Falls. Recommendation: don’t drive with an open cup of Gatorade. This is a bone-jarring ride. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mt. Blanca from the Alamosa Wildlife Preserve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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