Great Sand Dunes

November 2020 | Park 16

Great Sand Dunes National Park is an otherwordly place. I’ve had the chance to explore it a few times — first in 2016, on a trip back from the Grand Canyon with friends. Next, in November 2020, when J & I were fleeing WiFi and the stress of waiting on the results of the 2020 presidential election. And then once more with Kiya in 2022, on a camping trip to nearby Zapata Falls.

We love the San Luis Valley and all it holds and will rarely pass up an opportunity to visit this place, mesmerized by the way the shape of the sand changes each time: whipped into new peaks and folds by the ever-present wind.