Thursday 13.8. (Great Sand Dunes)

We slept pretty well on the sand, without matraces, and in the morning we get up pretty fresh. We did not hear any bear or puma at night (and the food on the tree is still there, hanging). At 8 it is already warmer, we have a quick breakfast and hike the way back to the campsite we arrived yeasterday. It is more pleasant walk than yesterday since the sun is not scorching in the morning, the sand is colder and most importantly -- we walk almost all the way down the hill. We arrive at the campground, with 23 kilometrers at Great Sand Dunes in our feet, which is after Yosemite the most. We are pretty hungry, so that we leave the park and drive on the highway to Denver, with a stop at Carl's Jr. Fastfood meal, but still very good after 2 days of cookies and cold canned beans. In the evening, we arrive to Ken and Betty at Westminster, Denver and finish the trip in the same way we started.