Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Amanda wanted to head back up to try and find the Mica Mine that we couldn’t find on Monday. Lucky for us, we did find it today. We had taken a wrong turn on Monday which led us up and out of the canyon. After finding the mine and exploring it [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Mica Mine
Posted: May 28, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2008, bangs canyon, colorado, grand junction, grand valley, mica mine, mines, mining history, uncompahgre plateau, waterfalls
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Coal Gulch on Memorial Day
Posted: May 26, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, book cliffs, coal gulch, coal mine, colorado, fruita, grand valley, hunter canyon, jeep, memorial day, ross ridge
Memorial Day | Monday, May 26, 2008 Went out and did a little local exploring for a few hours today. I headed up through Fruita and into Coal Gulch and took that up onto Ross Ridge. I initially passed the turnoff for Coal Gulch and had to turn around, but I did find a side [...]
A Weekend Exploring Cedar Mesa
Posted: May 25, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2008, anasazi, angel arch, arch canyon, arch canyon ruin, arches, blanding, butler wash, butler wash road, butler wash ruins, cabin, cathedral arch, cedar mesa, comb ridge, comb wash, dewey bridge, granary, hobbs wash, hotel rock, hotel rock ruins, jeep, kachina bridge, natural bridges national monument, newspaper rock, owachomo bridge, petroglyphs, rain, rock art, ruins, sipapu bridge, utah, ute, wagon tracks, wilson arch
Saturday & Sunday, May 24-25, 2008 Unfortunately since Amanda has to work on the holiday, we only had a normal weekend to go exploring, but we managed to make the most of it. After heading out after work and driving straight through to Blanding, where we filled up with gas, we made it to Comb [...]
Grand Mesa Scenic Byway
Posted: May 18, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in TouringTags: 2008, colorado, grand mesa, grand mesa national forest, grand mesa scenic byway, jeep, snow
Sunday, May 18, 2008 Instead of heading out for some wheeling this weekend, Amanda and I decided to take a paved road trip up to the top of the Grand Mesa to see how much snow was up there still. Plus, neither of us had been up there before. There was still plenty of snow [...]
Sunday Trails near Moab
Posted: May 11, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, birthing rock, chicken corners, colorado river, dead horse point, hurrah pass, jackson butte, jackson hole, jeep, kane creek canyon, moab, petroglyphs, pyramid butte, rock art, utah
Sunday, May 11, 2008 After our day in Arches National Park and a good nights sleep last Saturday, we headed out Sunday to run the trail that Amanda chose for the day, and then did a little more exploring. Since Amanda chose Hurrah Pass, heading to the end of Chicken Corners was a natural choice. [...]
A Day at Arches National Park
Posted: May 10, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2008, arches, arches national park, balanced rock, broken arch, camp, colorado river, jeep, moab, sand dune arch, skyline arch, tapestry arch, tent, tower arch, utah
Saturday, May 10, 2008 On Saturday, Amanda and I spent the day at Arches National Park to do some wheeling, hiking, and sight-seeing. She had never been there before and wanted to go for her birthday. We started out on the trail to Tower Arch. Once you make it to the end of the trail, [...]
Gunnison River Bluffs Trail
Posted: May 4, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2008, colorado, grand junction, grand valley, gunnison river, gunnison river bluffs, old spanish trail
Sunday, May 4, 2008 This afternoon, Amanda and I went for a short hike near home and did part of the Gunnison River Bluffs Trail. This trail follows along the Gunnison River and intersects with the Old Spanish Trail. Here’s a few pictures from our hike.
Gateway to Moab
Posted: May 3, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, beaver basin, castle valley, colorado, dolores river, dolores river canyon, driggs mansion, gateway, gateway - castleton road, jeep, john brown canyon, kokopelli trail, la sal mountain loop road, la sal mountains, moab, sand flats road, snow, snow drift, south beaver mesa, thimble rock, unaweep canyon, utah
Saturday, May 3, 2008 Originally, I was supposed to go to Moab this weekend with Amanda for her birthday. Unfortunately, she ended up having to work today, so we are putting that trip off until next weekend. However, I still wanted to get out and do a little exploring today. Last year I went to [...]