White Sands is in New Mexico. It is a national monument because it is the largest gypsum dunes. Gypsum was a rock that breaks easily and the wind broke it down and pushed it everywhere to make the dunes. If you go to White Sands, you have to sled. If you go to the visitor center there is a hallway that goes outside to a little area then you go in the other door and ask for a sled. You rent the sled or you can buy it. The sled is a circle sled. You can go sledding wherever you want. We went to the end of the road. They said that’s the best sledding. I wanted to find a tall and steep hill. We kind of found one. I really had a lot of fun sledding with my friends. When you drive to where you go sledding, all the sand looks like snow. About 2 inches deep it is really cold. That part of the sand never hits the sun even though it gets moved around a lot. There is water a foot down under the sand so it makes it colder. The top of the sand is warmer but you could still walk on it. I liked it better than beach sand because it didn’t stick to you. The first lizards that came to White Sands were all dark colored, so they got eaten. The ones who survived, survived because they were a lighter color and blended into the sand. Now the lizards are white and light brown so they don’t get eaten because they are camouflaged. I think that is really cool. White Sands was one of my favorite National Mounuments because you can go sledding. I think you should try and make it there, especially if you have kids.
By Lance
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