点评:Living in Oregon where we have huge, white, sand dunes that are tall, when we first saw White Sands, we were disappointed. They were small and plant covered on the outside, but hey, we came this far, we are going to drive through and see if it gets better. In the visitor center, I watched an interesting movie about how the dunes were formed, how the wildlife and plants adapted over eons and I knew there was more here than what you first see. BRW, the bathrooms are disgusting. The men's especially is a disgrace to a National Park. Once we drove into the center of the dunes, it was quite beautiful. I wouldn't chose to drive from home in Oregon just to see White Sands, but since it fit our drive across America and back to AZ where we are headed, I was definitely worth the small amount of miles to see it. It is the only place in the world like it, so that is pretty amazing. They have great wind blocking, metal covers over picnic tables and even
bar-b-q places. People were climbing the dunes and sledding down them. That looked like fun if you are young enough to do it. I would have given four stars if the bathrooms weren't so poorly maintained.
翻译:我们住在俄勒冈州,那里有高大且呈白色的沙丘。初次见到白沙湾时,我们有些失望——那些沙丘个头不大,表面还长满了植物。不过既然都远道而来了,我们决定开车穿行其中,看看情况是否会有所改善。在游客中心,我观看了一部很有意思的影片,讲述了这些沙丘是如何形成的,以及当地的野生动植物历经漫长岁月是如何适应环境的。从那时起我就明白,这里远比表面看上去要丰富得多。另外,那里的卫生间真是脏得令人作呕。尤其是男厕所,简直是国家公园的耻辱。不过当我们开车进入沙丘中心后,那里的景色真是美极了。我不会特意从俄勒冈州的家出发只为了去看白沙国家公园,但既然它正好在我们横穿美国并返回亚利桑那州的行程路线上,那么花点里程去看看绝对是值得的。这里是世界上独一无二的景点,实在令人惊叹。公园里有出色的防风措施,野餐桌和烧烤区也都配有金属罩。人们正在爬上沙丘,然后乘雪橇滑下来。如果你年纪够小,那看起来肯定很有趣。要是厕所的维护状况不是那么糟糕的话,我肯定会给四颗星的。