We stayed in Alamogordo NM for a few days and visited the White Sands National Monument while here.  I was surprised that it is a sand dunes area; for some reason I thought it would be like a dried up lakebed, flat and crusty.  It was very impressive!  There is quite a bit of vegetation living in the dunes and some plants have adapted to the constant shifting of the sands by putting out a large web of roots so when the dunes shift, they hold onto a small pedestal of sand and stay put.  There are lots of animal life as well, we saw lizards and bugs during our trek through the sands.  Laddy caught the scent of animals but we couldn’t find them and he had to stay on leash.

Here are some pictures: