Moominmama's Adventures

In which Moominmama travels west to Colorado but enjoys a last adventure before she holes up for the winter... Moominmama is washing sand from inside her ears and out of her coffee cup before morning coffee. That is thanks to a visit to Great Sand Dunes National Park, the last hurrah of 2024 before I move into an apartment for the winter. Moominmama loves sandstone, but hiking in actual sand is a different story. Where's a camel when you need one? Still, the dunes here make for shifting shapes and interesting photos. This crazy desert is created by strong prevailing winds that break down the San Juan mountains to the west and move them granularly into a cove of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. It's an unusual confluence of features creating these giant sand dunes (can you tell the little dots are people?), and it was my last stop en route to storing the Moominhouse for the winter. This is always a little sad! But I feel like I made the most of 2024, milking the year for all the ...