…Sopapillas are a Tex-Mex staple nationwide, but only puff up properly at New Mexico’s sky-scraping altitudes. While in the area, enjoy some local fare… …Cool as the sand may be, air temperatures are often brutal, and since so much is within driving distance, you might as well chill (i.e. Actually, some perspective is good when visiting White Sands… …This is the park as seen from Cloudcroft (elevation 8,668 feet), a few miles southeast. …A dramatic yellow parasol and a billowy white dress do help, though.ĪLSO: These rewards don’t look like snow, but they’re also pretty cool-join today! White Sands feels endless when you’re in it, but it’s actually rather small… You don’t need to be in an R&B supergroup to take amazing photos at White Sands… …It looks like snow and it’s cool to the touch-even in New Mexico’s blazing summer heat. The sand is in fact gypsum, which has two pluses…
…were it not for cacti and succulent plants you see occasionally dotting its otherwise barren expanse.
Initially, you might believe White Sands is actually snow… …Waiting until sunrise also means the park will be open (which saves you from serving pesky jail sentences for trespassing). As the sun begins to rise, however, it becomes clear that this is not just any desert… …If you’re not paying attention you could easily zoom past it, particularly if you arrive early in the morning. RELATED: The ultimate Southwest National Parks road trip White Sands sits along an anonymous stretch of highway 70 between Las Cruces and Alamogordo… It’s unclear whether she listened but either way, you need to visit White Sands National Monument in New Mexico where the video was filmed. If you watched VH1 more than casually in the 1990s, you might remember Boyz II Men’s minor mid-decade hit “Water Runs Dry” and its corresponding video, which showed the boyz/men walking barefoot through what appeared to be snow as they pleaded with an unknown woman to give them another chance.
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