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Glendale Regional Heroes Park

 One of the cornerstones to a good community is a public park. People underestimate how important it is to have a free public gathering place. A place to barbecue together, try out an archery range, play on multiple different play areas, play a round of disc golf, or even just taking a stroll together. There is so much a park could do for a community and with the brand new addition of a lake to this park it could be one of the best ones in the valley. This is Glendale Regional Heroes Park. Glendale is one of the largest and most established areas in the Valley of the Sun and has a lot to offer with a great community. In the southern part of the area is a park that features way more than you think a public park should have. But before we get into what's in the park, let's learn about some of the history of the park itself. In 2016 Glendale decided to build a park at the intersection of 83rd Ave and Bethany Home. This area connects the Grand Linear Canal park and trails all the w...
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White Sands National Park

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 As we continued our hike to the top of the dune we saw mountains in the distance, a daytime moon overhead, and miles of stark white stand dunes. Most of it seemed untouched by man for centuries but in fact it's only 50 miles from the second largest city in New Mexico. We gazed over the white sands and wondering how it all got there. We finally saw a few other people walk up another dune in the distance and slide down the dune on circular sleds. Was this a recreational area or a nature preserve? Did I mention that we were only a few miles from one of the largest missile testing sites in the United States? Find out all of those answers when Patrick at the Parks go to White Sands National Parks.  Let's start from the beginning of how this white sand dune was created. Well in all honesty it's not sand, its a substance called gypsum. The gypsum formed in the Tularosa Basin around 12,000 years ago when the basin used to be a lake. gypsum is soluble in water but when that water d...
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