Yes! Amazing national park that I only knew existe...

Yes! Amazing national park that I only knew existed because I saw a sticker for it on a mini in a rest area parking lot in northern California.

Highly recommend coming with a 4wd vehicle or spry legs to hike up into the mountains. The photos looked amazing but after morning and afternoon dune hiking sessions I lacked the equipment to explore. A Subaru outback is good for lots of things but not this trail.

Experienced the dunes throughout the day. Arrived late at night and watched stars and late night dune hiker headlamps then did a sunrise hike (breath taking), a short day hike (freaky hot in August) and then a beautiful night sunset hike. Loved all of them. If I had more time I would probably spread those experiences out over a couple of days but I was just there for 24 hours.

Went to the nearby falls hike during the day and took a nap under some trees, blessedly escaping the heat.

Interesting tidbit, my cousin was at this park in the late 1970s and I got to see my picture almost side by side with theirs which was cool. Not a lot had changed though there was way more snow later in the season then. Also found out that if you are coming from a place like Dallas and try to hike to 9000 feet you may get altitude sickness so be aware of that possibility