Sunday, August 31, 2008 Sunday, I did a little exploring on my own before I started making my way home. I had to head up over Schofield Pass again, and since it was early I was able to avoid the traffic this time around The snow tunnel that was intact the day before had collapsed [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Labor Day Weekend in the Elk’s | Sunday
Posted: August 31, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, colorado, crested butte, devils punchbowl, elk mountains, gothic, gothic road, jeep, kebler pass, lake emerald, rustler gulch, schofield pass, washington gulch
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Labor Day Weekend in the Elk’s | Saturday
Posted: August 30, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, colorado, crested butte, crystal, crystal power house, crystal river, daisy mine, devils punchbowl, elk mountains, gunsight pass, jeep, lead king basin, lost horse mill. crystal mill, marble, mines, mining history, north fork of the crystal river, paradise basin, redwell basin, schofield pass, slate river
Saturday, August 30, 2008 For the Labor Day weekend I headed up to the Elk Mountains. Unfortunately Amanda got sick the day before, so she stayed home this weekend. I met up with XJTodd and his wife from NAXJA and we camped just above Crystal. We started out Saturday morning in Lead King Basin. North [...]
Land’s End & Lake Carson
Posted: August 24, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2008, book cliffs, colorado, grand junction, grand mesa, grand mesa national forest, grand valley, lake carson, lands end, lands end road, observatory
Sunday, August 24, 2008 Amanda and I headed up onto Grand Mesa today for a few hours. We started out by heading up Lands End Road and stopping at the observatory. From there we headed over to Lake Carson and had some lunch. Here’s a couple of pictures. View of the Grand Mesa, Book Cliffs [...]
Colorado River Experience
Posted: August 23, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in RaftingTags: 2008, colorado, colorado river, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, loma
Saturday, August 23, 2008 After living next to the Colorado River since March and watching all of the rafts and kayaks floating by, we figured it was finally time to give it a try. We went on a short float down the Colorado River this morning for a few hours in a raft. We started [...]
Moab and the La Sal Mountains
Posted: August 17, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2008, arches, beaver basin, cabin, castle valley, copper mine, copper ridge, copper ridge jeep trail, dinosaur tracks, dons lake, gateway - castleton road, gemini bridges, gemini bridges road, gooney bird rock, jeep, klondike bluffs, klondike bluffs trail, la sal mountains, lake oowah, manns peak, miners basin, mines, mining history, moab, utah
Saturday & Sunday, August 16-17, 2008 Amanda and I headed to Moab this weekend so that I could pre-run the trail I am leading in October for the 25th Anniversary event and get it into my GPS. Here’s some pictures from the weekend. The Klondike Bluffs in the distance There are a number of dinosaur [...]