It started to rain out which was prob more rain than I have ever seen the desert get at a particular time.  we were soaked but the sun came out and dried us out pretty quickly.  The state park allows dune buggys and ATVs to drive around on the sand dunes so in the distance we could see these dune buggies jumping over dunes while spitting up sand as they pushed forward. I got the bright idea to try to slide down the sand dune with a rain jacket but physics was working against me and so was the rain so I slid to a stand still so quick my feet almost flew over my back!  not cool...lol !!

the rain drops gave the sand a bit more color and texture to the surroundings as well as the flora that patched itself around the sand dunes. 

It is my understanding that this sand has come from a fault that is resting under this strip of sand which moves about 15ft a year.  The grinding of sandstone rock from the fault has created this sand as well as the winds that com from the mountians above depositing the sand as the winds spread out as the valley widens.

The next day we left and headed out for Elkhart canyon cliffs which was right back on the road to check out some slot canyons and than head to our final destination at Cathedral Gorge in Nevada. 

I highly recommend Coral pink sand dunes for a great place to camp and a nice afternoon stroll onto some pinkish orange sand in the high altitude terrain of Utah.