Sunday, May 31, 2009 What a great day! Amanda and I woke up early this morning and headed over to McDonald Creek for a little hiking. This is a nice easy hike that starts out near Castle Rocks and then heads down to the Colorado River. There are also some pictographs along the canyon. After [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Hiking, Biking, Jeeping, and Geocaching
Posted: May 31, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Geocaching, Hiking, Jeeping, Mountain Biking, PhotographingTags: 2009, castle rocks, colorado, colorado river, fremont, grand junction, grand mesa, grand valley, gunnison bluffs, gunnison river, jeep, knowles canyon overlook, may flat, mcdonald creek, mcinnis canyons national conservation area, pictographs, rabbit valley, rock art, uncompahgre plateau
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Moab Mayhem 2009
Posted: May 30, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, 7 mile rim, arches, colorado river, colorado river gorge, courthouse pasture, courthouse rock, dead horse point, dead horse point state park, determination towers, jeep, long canyon, moab, moab mayhem, monitor and merrimac, sevenmile rim, uranium arch, utah
Saturday, May 30, 2009 We just got back from our annual May Moab trip. Just barely made it this year as May is almost over! Our plan for this day trip was to run Sevenmile Rim. The last time I ran part of Sevenmile Rim was back in 2003, so I was looking forward to [...]
Four Corners Memorial Weekend: Monday
Posted: May 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, TouringTags: 2009, anasazi, arizona, colorado, coyote village, durango, far view house, far view tower, four corners, four corners monument, jeep, kiva, memorial day, mesa verde, mesa verde national park, mummy lake, new mexico, red mountain pass, ruins, silverton, snow, utah
Memorial Day | Monday, May 25, 2009 On Monday, Amanda and I said goodbye to Jared and headed our separate ways. We ended up sticking to the pavement and did some more ‘touristy’ stuff as we looped around on our way back home. Our first stop was the Four Corners Monument. Amanda has wanted to [...]
Four Corners Memorial Weekend: Sunday
Posted: May 24, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, anasazi, cedar mesa, collapsed roof ruin, comb ridge, comb wash, dotted man panel, duckhead, duckhead man, duckhead man panel, gooseneck state park, goosenecks of the san juan, jeep, johns canyon, johns canyon overlook, johns canyon road, mcloyd canyon, mexican hat, moki dugway, monument valley, moon house ruins, muley point, petroglyphs, point lookout, point lookout road, rain, rock art, ruins, san juan river, snow flat road, utah
Sunday, May 24, 2009 On Sunday we woke up early again and headed South along Comb Ridge until we reached Snow Flat Road, which would take us up onto Cedar Mesa. Crossing Comb Wash At Snow Flat Road getting our hiking permits with Comb Ridge in the background On our way we passed a small [...]
Four Corners Memorial Weekend: Saturday
Posted: May 23, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, anasazi, blanding, butler wash, comb ridge, comb ridge cut, comb wash, jeep, over and under ruins, rain, ruins, tower house ruin, utah
Saturday, May 23, 2009 Saturday morning we woke up extra early and headed for one of our favorite campsites in Comb Wash. As we were driving through Monticello, I noticed a Cherokee in my rearview mirror that sort of looked familiar. By the time we reached Blanding that Cherokee had caught up with me and [...]
Mica Mine Hike
Posted: May 16, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2009, bangs canyon, colorado, grand junction, grand valley, ladder canyon, mica mine, mining history, rough canyon, uncompahgre plateau
Saturday, May 16, 2009 Even though Amanda and I stayed home this weekend to get a bunch of stuff done around the house (and we did), we still needed to get out for a little bit. We haven’t hiked to Mica Mine yet this year, so we got up early this morning and spent a [...]
The Kokopelli Trail
Posted: May 10, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, camp, castle rocks, cisco landing, cisco wash, colorado, colorado river, dewey bridge, dome plateau, entrada ranch road, fisher mesa, fisher valley, fruita, grand junction, grand loop, jeep, kokopelli 4x4 trail, kokopelli trail, la sal mountain loop road, la sal mountains, loma, mack, mcdonald creek, moab, onion creek road, rabbit valley, richardson amphitheater, rosegarden hill, sand flats road, sidewinder road, thompson canyon, top of the world, utah, viewpoint arch, westwater, westwater creek
Sunday & Monday, May 9-10, 2009 This past weekend I finally got around to completing a trail that has been on my to-do list for quite a while….The Kokopelli Trail. When people hear the name Kokopelli, they usually associate this trail with mountain biking. While it is indeed a popular mountain biking route, this trail [...]
Floating the Gunnison
Posted: May 9, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Paddling, RaftingTags: 2009, bridgeport, cabin, colorado, dominguez canyon, escalante, escalante canyon, gunnison river, train
Saturday, May 9, 2009 On Saturday I was invited by a friend at work to take his raft down the Gunnison River from Escalante to Bridgeport. He’s planning a big trip on the Yampa in a few weeks and needed to get more practice on the water beforehand. This is a pretty easy section of [...]
A ‘Swell’ Weekend & more…
Posted: May 3, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Canyoneering, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, behind the reef road, cabin, chute canyon, colorado river, colorado river bridge, factory butte, flat top, goblin valley, goblin valley state park, hanksville, hidden splendor, hidden splendor mine, hite, jeep, lake powell, little wild horse canyon, mollys castle, mollys castle trail, muddy creek, rain, san rafael desert, san rafael reef, san rafael swell, slot canyon, sunset, temple mountain, temple mountain road, utah, wild horse mesa trail, wild horse wash
Saturday & Sunday, May 2-3, 2009 Last Wednesday was Amanda’s birthday, and for her birthday she wanted to go to Goblin Valley. She picked this weekend, so I planned a little trip around it. We left right after work on Friday and headed straight for Hanksville to setup camp. It was a very nice evening [...]