San Luis Valley Colorado and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. February 28, 2008.

U.S. 285, one of my favorite highways, enters the north end of the San Luis Valley. On this trip it was a snow covered winter wonderland.

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. February 28, 2008.

Great Sand Dunes National Park is a great place to take pictures.

Deer, Great Sand Dunes. February 28, 2008.

Deer were feeding on the sparse vegetation with the dunes in the background.

Great Sand Dunes and Mt. Herard right before sunset. February 28, 2008.

As it get close to sunset the dunes turn into an almost chocolate brown and the low angle of the sun enhances the wind rippled dunes.