USA road trip – White Sands National Monument

O našem zadnjem potepanju po ZDA je ostalo le še nekaj postov. Leto 2014 bom kar malo vraževerno začel s prav posebno lokacijo – White Sands National Monumentom in upam da bo takih posebnih destinacij v tem letu čim več. 🙂 Prve fotografije White Sands NM sem videl že pred leti v neki fotografski reviji in od takrat je bila ta puščava visoko na mojem spisku želja. Ok, res je, da me puščave privlačijo že od nekdaj. Sej tropski gozdovi so lepi, gore prav tako, samo puščave… – težko je opisati to preprostost pokrajine na eni strani in njene neverjetne lepote na drugi strani. Zdi se mi, da jih nimam nikoli dovolj. 🙂 Za Jaka pa so puščave tako ali tako še toliko bolj zanimive – kje pa še najdeš tako velik peskovnik in boljše tobogane kot jih najdeš ravno v puščavi. Že sam obisk belih sipin je nepozabno doživetje. Da pa bi doživeli White Sands v najlepši luči, smo se odločili za kampiranje v osrčju morja belih sipin. Najprej krajši pohod do izbrane lokacije, postavitev šotora, potem pa čista uživancija – samo mi, prečudovita narava in milijoni zvezd nad našim šotorčkom. 🙂 Priporočamo.

I will start year 2014 a little superstitious with a very special location – White Sands National Monument and I hope that there will be more destinations like this also in year 2014. 🙂 I saw first photos of White Sands NM years ago in a photographic magazine and since then this place was high on my wish list. I have to admit that for me, deserts are just amazing. OK, tropical forest is nice, mountains are beautiful – but deserts… – its so difficult to describe the simplicity of this landscape on one side and its beauty on the other – especially if you have never visited it. For my son, deserts are even more interesting – really, where can you find bigger sandpit or better sand slide. 🙂  However, in order to experience White Sands in the best possible way, we decided to camp in the heart of the white sand dunes. First, we did a short hike to the selected location, pitched a tent and after that just enjoyed the unforgettable surroundings  – we, beautiful nature and millions of stars above our little tent. 🙂