Had to start the day with an oil change. One of those little necessities of driving 4000+ miles towing a camper.
White Sands National Monument is very different. Huge sand dunes of pure white sand, gypsum really. One area is older, more mature as they call it, and has enough plant life in it to stabilize it. The younger area has dunes that are moving constantly. They have to plow the roads to keep them passable. That part is open to walking pretty much anywhere you want. We walked a 2 mile trail, barefoot. The brilliant white sand doesn't hold heat like more common sand. So even though it was a warm day the sand was cool.
Went out for Mexican food tonight. Pretty good Mexican food in New Mexico. Alamogordo is a nice small city. Spacious like a lot of western cities, wide streets, lots of businesses and museums, no shortage of places to check out. Another place worthy of a return. We would have stayed a couple more days but the campground is booked up, someone else has our site tomorrow night! So onward we go.
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| Our campsite at Oliver Lee Memorial State Park |
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| Nice design for the White Sands Visitor Center |
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| Older dunes |
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| Callahan got to hike with us |
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| So much white sand |
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| 275 square miles of white sand. Callahan loved rolling in it. |
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