I believe it's called a "vacation." It's when you are not at home or at work, you are enjoying yourself, and you don't have a cell phone strapped to your forehead.I started my vacation/moving with a stop at White Sands today. Here they are. They're white. And they are made of sand. I walked the 5-mile "trail" out to the alkali flats. The trail consists of a bunch of markers telling you which way to go, and you can follow them if you want... if you want to make it back, that is. I did not do a lot of adventuring off the wind-swept, mostly invisible path.
I did, however, see some excellent evidence of rapid dune migration.
I did, however, see some excellent evidence of rapid dune migration.
I walked part of it barefoot, since everyone else who was doing so seemed to be having rather a bit of fun.
I got a blister on the bottom of my big toe for my troubles. Definitely a smart move on Day 1 of a five-day hiking/biking excursion. Go me.
Here's a picture of some nice ripple marks exposed on the leeside of a dune, for Robin.
The weather was wonderful today; I can't imagine trying to enjoy this place in the summer, though.
Day 1 sunburn level: minor.
This is where I camped this night. Most of my fellow campers missed this, because they were in their RVs watching TV.
Why bother?
OH! I thought that was *snow*,and couldn't imagine where you'd gone to. It's SAND! I showed the pictures to Evangeline....her mouth started watering and she ran downstairs; I guess it made her really want to play in the sand. Some ancient memory of Egypt, I expect. Beautiful pictures, though! Uncle Paul says "moleskin for blisters", by the way. Can you find any moles out there?
ReplyDeleteMoleskin is great... if one has remembered to bring some with her. Otherwise, it's dcut tape to the rescue!
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