Saturday, July 25, 2009 Amanda and I headed up onto Grand Mesa today for a few hours. After heading up Lands End Road to the observatory, we stopped there to feed some of the chipmunks. I snapped a few photos… Switchbacks on Lands End Near the observatory Next we headed over to Island Lake and [...]
Archive for July, 2009
An Afternoon on Thunder Mountain
Posted: July 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, chipmunks, colorado, granby lakes, granby lakes trail, grand junction, grand mesa, grand mesa national forest, grand valley, jeep, lands end, lands end road, observatory, reservoir creek trail, thunder mountain, waterfalls, wildlife
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Canyon Pintado
Posted: July 19, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, canyon pintado, canyon pintado site, colorado, cow canyon, east fourmile draw, fremont, kokopelli site, petroglyphs, pictographs, roan plateau, rock art, state bridge site, ute, waving hands, white birds site
Sunday, July 19, 2009 After our short trip over Baxter Pass, we spent some time visiting a few rock art sites in the Canyon Pintado National Historic District before driving back home. The first site we stopped at was the Waving Hands site. Around the corner from the rock art we spotted an arch. The [...]
Quick Trip Over Baxter Pass
Posted: July 19, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, atchee, baxter pass, book cliffs, cabin, colorado, jeep, mcandrews lake, railroad grade
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Since we were busy yesterday morning and too lazy to head out the rest of the day, we decided to drive over Baxter Pass today for a few hours. Here’s a few photos from our morning. Headed into the Book Cliffs again Last remianing structure at the townsite of Atchee Climbing [...]
Bolam Pass & Ophir Pass
Posted: July 12, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, bolam pass, cabin, colorado, graysill mines, harris ranch cabins, hermosa park, hermosa peak, jeep, lizard head pass, mining history, ophir, ophir pass, san juan mountains, san miguel mountains
Sunday, July 12, 2009 Sunday had to be a short day for us, as Amanda had to go into work that night. I still wanted to get a new trail in, so we headed south to Bolam Pass. Some photos from that trail… Harris Ranch cabins down in Hermosa Park Graysill Mines Reflection in a [...]
Silverton to Animas Forks
Posted: July 11, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, animas forks, animas forks road, animas river, arrastra gulch, big giant mill, black prince mining camp, burns gulch, caledonia mine, clear lake, colorado, duncan residence, ghost towns, gold lake, jeep, king solomon mine, lackawanna mill, little giant basin, maggie gulch, mining history, minnie gulch, reflection, san juan mountains, silverton, sunset, swansea gulch, tram, waterfalls
Saturday, July 11, 2009 On Saturday morning Amanda and I headed down to Silverton. After setting up camp we made our way down the road that leads from Silverton to Animas Forks that we have traveled many times before. In the past we have explored a bunch of the side trails off of this road [...]
A few hours in the Book Cliffs
Posted: July 5, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, antoine robidoux inscription, book cliffs, colorado, jeep, pictographs, rock art, state line marker, utah, westwater creek
Sunday, July 5, 2009 I wanted to get out with my Jeep for a few hours today, and ended up exploring an area of the Book Cliffs I have not been to before, just west of the Colorado/Utah state line. The roads were easy, but the scenery was great, and I didn’t see another vehicle [...]
The 4th in the Elks
Posted: July 4, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, colorado, crystal city, crystal mill, crystal power house, crystal river, elk mountains, independence day, jeep, lead king basin, lizard lake, lost horse mill, marble
Independence Day Saturday, July 4, 2009 Our original plan for today was to head on over Baxter Pass and explore the Book Cliffs. However, with all the rain we have been getting lately, the Uncompahgre trails were very muddy when I was up there yesterday and I’m sure the Book Cliffs would be the same. [...]
Escalante Rim, Dry Mesa & East Creek
Posted: July 3, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Geocaching, JeepingTags: 2009, colorado, columbines, delta, divide road, dry fork of escalante creek, dry mesa, east creek, escalante canyon, escalante creek, escalante rim trail, grand mesa, jeep, petroglyphs, point of interest, rain, rock art, unaweep canyon, uncompahgre plateau, ute, wildflowers
Friday, July 3, 2009 Yeah, I ended up spending some more time on the Uncompahgre Plateau today since I wanted to stick close to home. I started out on Delta and made my way to Escalante Canyon on the Escalante Rim trail. From there I took the Dry Mesa trail up onto the Uncompahgre. When [...]