i have seen sand dunes before. i even walked on sand dunes before. that was years ago on cape cod. after our photo shoot tonight, i now know that the cape cod dunes are kiddy dunes. i was ill-prepared for the grown-up dunes of death valley.
they lure you in to a fall sense of security, we just wanted to walk a bit to get to some fresh dunes (without a lot of foot tracks). off we went, each carrying a heavy camera, heavy lens and heavy tripod. we trudged through soft sand to the base of the first dune. going around is not really an option as these dunes were 