just wonderful.
Don't know what we are going to do today
after finding a bank (quarters for laundry)
filling the water jugs
trying to find the pizza place on base
and laundry getting done.
I'm sure we will go out and do something fun.
Take a wild guess and see if you can figure out where we went yesterday (Sunday)?
Was fun, but I used to think photos in the snow was hard to get right,
this was a challenge.
There was some vegetation (at the Visitor's Center)
Don't know what it is,
and I have seen this in
other desert areas.
This is more typical and fairly easy to photograph when there is some vegetation present.
Gets harder and harder the less vegetation present.
You can see by the above photos, lots of people are out stomping around in the sand.
Oh yeah, the "sand" is not the typical quartz/granite sand seen elsewhere.
It is gypsum sand and it gets to be more like a powder on the downwind side of the area
and of an individual dune.
And of course, I had a little fun!
I really like the last one here and call it "Crossing Paths"
Three different tracks crossing, probably not all at the same time.
I expect the mammal tracks belong to a predator and the other two
might not have been able to continue where they were going.
Here is one of the parking lots.
I still don't know if there is pavement under,
or if the desert was just scraped away to make the lot.
The gypsum under the moving dunes seemed pretty stable,
due to the water table being high.
So bright, even with sunglasses, almost needed a second pair over the top.
Then there was the gypsum cliffs.
Look like something that was done in black and white in the Grand Canyon.
Only thing is these "cliffs" are only about 12-18" high.
Lots of fun formations when you start looking.
After a long day in the sun
headed to check out pistachio farms and wine tasting.
Sound funny together, but the Pistachio wine is quite good.
And the company was excellent!
Time for new adventures
Make your day great
Hugs
Tom and Millie
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