Los Caminos Antiguos
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  • Los Caminos Antiguos Overview

    Los Caminos Antiguos Overview

    Published on Mar 8, 2005

    The Great Sand Dunes are one of nature's most painstaking creations. Hundreds of feet high and more than a thousand miles from the nearest ocean beach, these huge drifting dunes accumulated over the eons as winds gathered and swept sand against the west face of the Sangre de Cristo Range. That slow, determined process reflects the spirit of the San Luis Valley - a high, enormous, sun-baked flat between the Sangres and the San Juan foothills. Life seems not to have changed much since the 1600s, when Spain cast a claim over this region.

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