Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

     This morning (10/8) we drove to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and spent a quiet, leisurely day hanging out in the campground.  We took a short walk into the dunes and saw a few other hikers playing in the sand and a few off-road vehicles tooling around.   The sand originates from Navaho sandstone and has a high concentration of iron oxides.  Although its not "pink" it does have kind of an orange tint.  In the Visitor's Center there is a collection of jars of sand from all over the world.  The jar of sand from the Silver Lake Dunes is top row center :) 

Silver Lake jar is top row, 15th from the left