Cassalyn and I went to New Mexico for a little road trip -->
This is the view looking onto White Sands National Monument from Cloudcroft, a mountain town with lots of second homes in Lincoln National Forest. Did you know that Lincoln National Forest is the birthplace of Smokey the Bear? Now you know.
Ah, the lovely gypsum sands of White Sands National Monument. Did you know that the sands are almost always cold or cool due to their white color and gypsum makeup?
White Sands was flooded from rains...in August. Did you know that the water table here is only about two or three feet below the surface? Hence...
...cottonwoods grow here. This is the top of a 30 or 40 foot tall tree that has survived the shifting sands because it is taller than most dunes.
We needed a sled. This method did not work at all. Next time, white mountains...next time.
The New Mexico crew.
This is the view looking onto White Sands National Monument from Cloudcroft, a mountain town with lots of second homes in Lincoln National Forest. Did you know that Lincoln National Forest is the birthplace of Smokey the Bear? Now you know.
Ah, the lovely gypsum sands of White Sands National Monument. Did you know that the sands are almost always cold or cool due to their white color and gypsum makeup?
White Sands was flooded from rains...in August. Did you know that the water table here is only about two or three feet below the surface? Hence...
...cottonwoods grow here. This is the top of a 30 or 40 foot tall tree that has survived the shifting sands because it is taller than most dunes.
We needed a sled. This method did not work at all. Next time, white mountains...next time.
The New Mexico crew.
