White Sands National Monument

At this point, we started to head west toward Arizona. In about the middle of southern New Mexico is the White Sands National Monument, which is also in the middle of a huge Missle Range. The white sands here are made of gypsum, which is what wallboard and plaster of paris are made out of. Here there are dunes of white sand, that were deposited here by the water that flowed from the nearby mountians into shallow lakes. When the water evaporates, the gypsum remains behind and becomes part of this white desert of sand dunes.

We only spent a few hours here, but as you can see, we did enjoy our time in the sand.