{"id":675,"date":"2019-11-16T14:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/?p=675"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:44:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:44:35","slug":"dune-45-up-so-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"Dune 45 &#8211; Up so early"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"675\" class=\"elementor elementor-675 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33bed01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33bed01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07e3b11\" data-id=\"07e3b11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f0cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8f0cb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We got up really early and headed out before sunrise, speeding across the desert. When we got out the bus at Dune 45 I managed to head up the dune in front for the sunrise spot. So blessed to be up there first with the long line trailing behind..\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ace94ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ace94ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c33d845\" data-id=\"c33d845\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a7927c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a7927c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-349f3b0\" data-id=\"349f3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280fb45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"280fb45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune45-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune45-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune45-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune45.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-342fee7\" data-id=\"342fee7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d8464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5d8464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune456-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune456-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune456-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune456-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.lisabradshaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/dune456.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89f6901 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89f6901\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c540ca3\" data-id=\"c540ca3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351b98f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351b98f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We had breakfast ready by the big bus on the way down from the dune. That meant time spent exploring the surrounds and taking more photos. People still heading up after we were long down.. The white sand is apparently the local sand and the red sand blew in hundreds of years ago to create the dunes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22399ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22399ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63f3e46\" data-id=\"63f3e46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4cb85c elementor-section-boxed 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When we got out the bus at Dune 45 I managed to head up the dune in front for the sunrise spot. So blessed to be up there first with the long line trailing behind..\u00a0 We had breakfast ready by the 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