After yesterday's drive through Texas, I decided to sleep in this morning. My first stop was 'White Sands NP'. The National Park is located in the middle of a missile test range. Luckily no tests today, otherwise the park would be closed. The dunes in the park are actually not sand dunes but gypsum. You might wonder why the rain didn't take away the gypsum over the centuries, that is because the dunes are in a basin. There is no way out for the water.
The next stop was Cloudcroft. This village is on top of a mountain but is not much special besides all the tourist shops.
The last stop for today was the Very Large Array (VLA). Sunset wasn't really special because of the cloudy skies. At least I knew my way around for sunset.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Day 2 - New Mexico
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