Finally, we were in sight of Great Sand Dunes National Park. I was about to find out how a dog responds to one of the natural wonders of the world, if only we could first survive the aliens and the wind.

I took Wally to the Great Sand Dunes this summer. We sure didn’t have the adventure we set out for, but that dog convinced me to have one far more sensory and unexpected than I could ever have planned.

The rest of this new story is in the Winter 2018 edition of Edible Southwest Colorado. Hard copies are available throughout, believe it or not, southwest Colorado. It’s also online, and you can read it here.