Hey, these Sand Dunes Are Great!

Brain cancer is...

 ...impressed.

Today was a beautiful ride to Great Sand Dunes National Park, our last stop in Colorado.  The dunes were fascinating and huge, settled in against the Sangre de Cristo mountains.  We learned how the forces of erosion, wind, and water keep the dunes where they are and rejuvenate them every year.

Okay, two pics for people who don't view videos:

By means of context, it was 12 degrees during our visit.  My hands stopped working after about 10 minutes on the dunes.  Worth it!

We headed farther south to tonight's stop, Sante Fe, where it was still cold at about 24 degrees. The locals were complaining bitterly.  Hey, at least it wasn't 12!

We had time for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and so appreciated seeing the world--and the Southwest--through her eyes.  We embraced her feeling of being enthralled with the "wideness and wonder of the world."  Well said, Georgia.

Here's a slideshow of today, with lots of scenery to represent our beautiful ride.  You'll see a few of our images of O'Keeffe's paintings interspersed to show how she helped us reframe some of what we saw today (and all along this trip).  (Click here.)

Here's to the wideness and wonder of the world!