Great Western Road Trip Day 1

Progress: Denver to Great Dunes National Park to Taos

Mileage: 367

Today the tallest sand dunes in North America on a rainy afternoon, ground down from the Sangre De Christo (Blood of Christ) Mountains over millions of years, and the Mosca Mountain Pass used by people for 10,000 years.

White Mountain from the highway, sacred to local tribes
Across the sand field
Looking across the dunes
People climbing…
Windswept!
Dunes from Mosca Ridge