So for any of you who don't know me or haven't seen much of my stream my favorite place on earth is the Great Sand Dunes National Park, in Colorado. I mean you're driving on this intensly straight road, in an immensly flat and valley, and BAM! These things slowly make themselves apparent. Just tucked into the Sangre De Cristos are this AMAZING huge piles of sand. Kinda unreal! This was my first of hopefully many trips down this year.
UNFORTUNATELY...I only got a few shots of the things (like this one,
taken from the road as I was dissapointedly driving away.)
When we got there and I routinely asked for a backcountry permit to
hike into and camp out inside the dunes themselves, I was given some
condecending ranger who absolutely would not have it. They were out of
parking spots. Though they have unlimited backcountry permits, someone
sitting behind a desk decided to limit the ammount of parking spots
they'd allow for the weekend.
Seriously? I mean overcrowding their own campspots I can understand,
but just not allowing more cars to park in an obviously empty parking
lot while (paying) visitors go adventure in the dunes? Thats horse
shit. I talked to more rangers who knew that the lots weren't even
close to full, but it was some beuracratic decision that holds
precidence.
Luckily we ended up hiking up into the Sangres and had a good weekend
but still, beurocracy screwing with my adventures really bugs me.
Aren't Natl parks the government's property-and as a tax paying
citizen isn't it MY land to go play on? I'm not destroying the
habitat, causing problems, making messes, just enjoying what should be
open to enjoy.
Same thing happend when we tried to drive over a mountain pass a few
days before. Get halfway up, and there is a big gate closing it off. I
understand that it might have some snow, or ice, or whatever, but I'm
a big dumb teenager and I am OKAY to find that on my own.
I don't want or need someone precsribing my outdoor experience.
Okay sorry everyone I haven't ranted for about a week so thought it was about time.
Happy Monday!
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Ana MD 25 months ago | reply
Nice, I like the light!!
This is a great shot, congrats
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Pingu1963 25 months ago | reply
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Tad Zapasnik 25 months ago | reply
Awesome! This is a great shot, the colours and contrast of sand and sky work brilliantly, the light is...blah blah blah, I could go on forever. Instantly a favourite! Spectacular Shot!
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Curiouser*Curiouser 24 months ago | reply
lovely....
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Images ● Fantasy 24 months ago | reply
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*Canon Girl* 24 months ago | reply
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Sarah.Kettell 24 months ago | reply
This is stunning. Wonderful lighting!
rodeonexis - photography 24 months ago | reply
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Karol Czuba 24 months ago | reply
Terrific shot. Great composition.
Ryan C Wright 24 months ago | reply
I LOVE GSDNP! This is gold!
fedora365 24 months ago | reply
what a fantastic shot!
Otd 7 // Photography 22 months ago | reply
Great shot ! Congrats !
almarri - back 22 months ago | reply
beautiful
cedergreenphoto 20 months ago | reply
So intense!
flyingfish9 13 months ago | reply
It's like the heaven has opened. Very beautiful. Excellent photography!
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