Karlee walking the white gypsum dunes at White Sands

Barefoot on gypsum, like kids.

New Mexico

The Dunes at White Sands

  • First driven2021
  • Photos here2

White gypsum to every horizon, cool underfoot even in the heat. We ran the dunes barefoot like kids, two people well past the age the world says this is for, having the best afternoon of the year.

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