{"id":3395,"date":"2018-01-13T05:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2018-01-13T05:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:02:29","slug":"visiting-new-mexico-part-4-white-sands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"Visiting New Mexico &#8211; Part 4 (White Sands)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another reason I wanted to get back to New Mexico was to visit White Sands National Park again. \u00a0I saw the park back in the eighties and then I had nice photos on film but taken after I arrive in the summer at 4PM and then there was not much time to see things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, I departed Santa Fe early and arrived just after lunch. \u00a0Still a 4 hour drive through the desert but I knew the area well as I drove it a few years ago on my way to the Three Rivers Petroglyph area. \u00a0I did then not have enough time to continue to White Sands as it was dark already.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some images of the beautiful national Park:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3395 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3396'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2138-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2138-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2138-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2138-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3398'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2157-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2157-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2157-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2157-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3397'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2139-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2139-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2139-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2139-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3399'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2162-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2162-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2162-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2162-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3401'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2189-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2189-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2189-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3402'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2204-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2204-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2204-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2204-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and a nice panorama view:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3403\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3403\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3403\" src=\"http:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2150-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2150-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2150-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pluytermusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_2150-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Definitely worth visiting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Another reason I wanted to get back to New Mexico was to visit White Sands National Park again. \u00a0I saw the park back in the eighties and then I had nice photos on film but taken after I arrive in the summer at 4PM and then there was not much time to see things. 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