Traversing the Sand Dunes of West Texas

At Monahans Sandhills State Park, embrace your inner child with some sandy sledding.

When I think of sand dunes, I think of the beach. I grew up going to summer family beach weeks in North Carolina, where wooden boardwalks take you across sand dunes to the ocean shore. The sight of the dunes always means that the water is nearby.

Monahans Sandhills State Park, therefore, was very confusing to my brain. This Texas state park also has lots…