On August 7th, we visited another remarkable New Mexico landmark, White Sands National Monument. Ever since I've set eyes on this park in a guidebook, I wanted to visit it. It looked magical!
And it met my expectations... it felt like we were walking in a fairytale: snow white sand dunes (actually gypsum sand which is very rare) surrounded by glowing mountains. We liked it so much, we visited the park twice, once in the evening...
... and once very early in the morning.
Walking in a white desert is like walking on a huge suntanning bed... the UV sun beams are everywhere. We started our hike at 7 in the morning and three hours later we were completely exhausted. The temperatures of 35°C didn't help of course. We wisely decided to spend the rest of our day indoors.
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