| Great Sand Dune NP |
| The Great Sand Dune NP is located in south central Colorado. It is 85,000 acres of sand dunes. The dunes are created by winds and runoff in the spring. It has 280,000 visitors a year. |
| The Great Sand Dune NP visitor Center. |
| The entrance to the park. |
| The park from a distance. |
| A panoramic of the dunes of the Great Sand Dunes NP. |
| Kids love the never ending sand pile. |
| Branches brought in by the spring time melt. |
| The sand reflected the heat which made it very hot to walk on the dunes. |
| In springtime the melting snow creates a river that flows past the dunes. This river usually is dry by August. These photos were taken in July, 2015 |
| The river is over 200 feet across but the deepest is 2". (large) |
| Older kids even love to play in the sand |
| Joanne finds a dry island |
| A panoramic of the sand dune with it's disappearing river. (large) |
| Note the log from the kids photo when it was dry! (large) |