White Sands National Monument

Took a trip from T or C to White Sands, a national Park in the middle of the main US missile testing site.  Also famous for being home to the Trinity test site where the first Atomic Bomb was detonated.

The National Park is made up of dunes of bright white Gypsum sands.  Very hard going up and down the dunes some packed rock hard and others so soft that you sink up to your knees.

We hiked about 5 miles into the desert to find the Alkali Lake bed;

Jakki filling her boots with fine white sand (again);
 

 Run Forest Run;