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Great Sand Dunes National Park
The park contains the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising about 750 feet from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Range. One of the most unusual features of the park happens at Medano Creek, which borders the east side of the dunes and is located next to the Visitor Center and Bookstore. Because fresh sand continually falls in the creek, Medano Creek never finds a permanent and stable streambed. Small underwater sand dunes that act like dams continually form, and break down. So waders in the stream see surge, which look like waves of water flowing downstream at intervals of just a few seconds to a minute or more. In a high-water year, these surges can be as much as a foot in height, resembling ocean waves. When I was there in July this water shown in the picture was absolutely freezing cold. Its nice to finally get across it and bury your feet in the hot sand. Also when attempting to walk up to the highest peak of the sand dunes bring appropriate gear, including water!
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Royal Gorge Bridge
The Royal Gorge Bridge is the world's highest suspension bridge. This amazing sight is located 8 miles west, off of US 50. Beginning as a one-lane toll bridge built in 1929, the Royal Gorge Bridge spans 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River.
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White Sands National Monument
Here White Sands is shown in a white-out. What happens when winds are 40-70mph. When driving in the road areas you can see probably 8 feet in front of you.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
After seeing Carlsbad Caverns on The Travel Channels: Top 10 Wonders of the West, I set a date for the following month. I had been in caves before, hell, you could say I grew up hanging out in caves in Southern Indiana. But nothing, I mean nothing could have prepared me for the astronomical size of Carlsbad Caverns. I knew as a traveling photographer that I probably wasn't going to be let in with a huge tripod. I also knew the absolute only way I was ever going to get out of there with decent photographs was a tripod. Enter Stage Left my 6.25" Mini Tripod, all hail the savior that is the mini tripod. Which I must point out is a really great conversation starter while in a cave apparently. I was in fact the only genius there at the time who brought one. Carlsbad Caverns is everything you could hope for in a cave or even wildly dream about. You walk through the paths partially lighted and actually feel like you have entered a mystical alternative universe. The stupendousness makes you fell humble, the noiselessness makes you feel relaxed, and the bats - well they just make your jaw drop.
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Patches Galore
After every trip i take, i come home to iron on all the patches i collected over the vacation to my luggage. I started doing this after I sat at baggage claim for over an hour trying to find which black suitcase was mine. Now its addictive, but i always see my luggage pieces coming around the conveyor belt from miles away.
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Lizzie Morrison has been a member since 19 April 2008 and goes by LizzieMorrison.
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I'm Lizzie, a freelance photographer in Louisville, Kentucky. I shoot a lot of pictures horizontally and need to shoot more vertically. I'm a great story teller and a horrible writer.
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