Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, near Mosca, Colorado, on 27 May 2021.  With the melting mountain snow, Medano Creek was flowing at the foot of the dunes, providing families with a “day at the beach.”

Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Sangre de Cristo Mountains

On the Road to the Park/Preserve

On the Road to the Park/Preserve

Outside the Park/Preserve

Outside the Park/Preserve

Outside the Park/Preserve

Outside the Park/Preserve

Landscape Outside the Park/Preserve

Landscape Outside the Park/Preserve

Great Sand Dunes Park and Preserve

Families Enjoying the Dunes

Families Enjoying the Dunes

Martha Walking Out to the Dunes

Martha Walking Out to the Dunes

Dwarfed by the Surroundings

Dwarfed by the Surroundings

Looking Back Toward Parking and Medano Creek

Looking Back Toward Parking and Medano Creek

Medano Creek Still Fed by Melting Snow

Medano Creek Still Fed by Melting Snow

Martha with Water At-Hand

Martha with Water At-Hand

Flowers on the Dunes

Flowers on the Dunes

Parting View from Colorado Route 150

Parting View from Colorado Route 150

Parting View from Colorado Route 150