Saturday, October 31, 2009 Since Amanda is in Illinois for the next week, I decided that I would head out to the San Rafael Swell for Halloween this year. I was originally planning on camping and making it a weekend trip, but since a cold front came through earlier this week, I changed my mind [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Fantasy Canyon
Posted: October 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, bonanza, book cliffs, dragon, fantasy canyon, utah, vernal
Sunday, October 25, 2009 After leaving Dinosaur National Monument and a quick stop in Vernal we headed south on our way home. However, we did have one more stop planned at Fantasy Canyon along the way. This was a cool area, however we ended up getting there at a bad time…..most of the photos I [...]
Rainbow Park & Island Park
Posted: October 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, dinosaur national monument, fall colors, fremont, green river, island park, jeep, jones hole road, mckee springs, petroglyphs, rainbow park, rock art, split mountain, utah, vernal
Sunday, October 25, 2009 Sunday morning after some breakfast, we headed northeast out of Vernal on the Jones Hole Road. After a few miles we turned off to follow the Island Park Road to Rainbow Park and Island Park. Shortly after entering Dinosaur National Monument again, we stopped near McKee Spring to check out a [...]
Dinosaur National Monument
Posted: October 24, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, blue mountain road, castle park, castle park overlook, chew ranch, colorado, cub creek, dinosaur national monument, echo park, green river, harding hole, harding hole overlook, harpers corner, jeep, pats hole, picasso face, rangely, split mountain, steamboat rock, utah, vernal, wagon wheel point, whispering cave, wolf creek road, yampa bench, yampa bench road, yampa river
Saturday, October 24, 2009 On Saturday morning, Amanda and I set off early and headed north through the Book Cliffs. Our destination this weekend was Dinosaur National Monument. This area has been on our to-do list for quite a while, but after visiting the park it makes me wonder why we didn’t head up there [...]
Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 7
Posted: October 9, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, abajo mountains, anasazi, beef basin, big pocket, big pocket overlook, blanding, blue mountains, blue mountains road, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, cathedral point, colorado river, colorado river overlook, cottonwood canyon, cottonwood canyon road, cottonwood wash, farm house ruin, fire, henry mountains, jeep, moon, needles district, orange cliffs, ruin park, ruins, towers, utah
Friday, October 9, 2009 | Starting Odometer: 144942 This wasn’t intended to be the final day of my trip, but that’s the way it ended. By the end of the day I was tired and wanted to just relax for the final weekend of my vacation. I had entertained the thought of getting a hotel [...]
Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 6
Posted: October 8, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, andy miller flats, bears ears, blanding, blue notch canyon, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, castle butte, elk ridge, flint trail, hanksville, hans flat road, henry mountains, hite, jeep, lake powell, little flat top, maverick point, orange cliffs, rock canyon, south elk ridge, the maze, utah
Thursday, October 8, 2009 | Starting Odometer: 144703 This was an indecisive day for me. My original plan was to head back to Bullfrog and take the ferry across Lake Powell. However, I did not feel like going that far out of my way, and I also knew Amanda would probably like to join me [...]
Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 5
Posted: October 7, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, arches, boulder, bullfrog, bullfrog road, burr trail, capitol reef, capitol reef national park, cherrios double arch, clouds, collet top, double arch, escalante, fiftymile mountain, glen canyon national recreation area, hanksville, henry mountains, hole-in-the-rock, hole-in-the-rock road, jeep, kaiparowits plateau, lake powell, left hand collet, long canyon, mormon trail, peekaboo arch, petrified wood, rainbow, smoky mountain road, storm, straight cliffs, strike valley overlook, upper muley twist canyon, utah, wagon tracks, waterpocket fold, wolverine canyon, wolverine loop trail
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | Starting Odometer: 144445 Since it was getting dark pretty quickly when I arrived at the Hole in the Rock the evening before, I didn’t really get any good photos. When I woke up today, I grabbed my camera and started shooting away I was up before sunrise and hung out [...]
Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 3
Posted: October 5, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, alstrom point, arizona, big water, brigham plains road, bull valley gorge, cannonville, cottonwood canyon road, coyote valley, coyote valley road, glen canyon dam, glen canyon national recreation area, gunsight bay, gunsight butte, jeep, johnson canyon, kaiparowits plateau, lake powell, navajo mountain, page, paria, paria breaks road, paria river, skutumpah road, smoky mountain road, sunset, the cockscomb, utah, wahweap overlook, yellow rock
Monday, October 5, 2009 | Starting Odometer: 144040 Monday was yet another early morning. I got some breakfast for me and gas for the Jeep and then headed out of Page and back over Glen Canyon Dam. My main goal for today was to finish up at Alstrom Point to catch the sunset and to [...]
Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 2
Posted: October 4, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, anasazi state park, arches, arizona, baker ranch road, big water, boulder, butler arch, caineville, caineville wash, cannonville, capitol reef national park, cathedral valley, clouds, cottonwood canyon road, cottonwood narrows, escalante, fremont river, glass mountain, glen canyon dam, goosenecks of sulphur creek, grand staircase - escalante national monument, grosvenor arch, gypsum sinkhole, jeep, kodachrome basin state park, page, paria river, rainbow, storm, sulphur creek, temple of the moon, temple of the sun, the cockscomb, the hogback, torrey, upper cathedral valley, utah
Sunday, October 4, 2009 | Starting Odometer: 143789 After a pretty decent nights sleep (even though it got pretty windy overnight), I ended up waking around 7:00am. Though the wind had died down by now, it was still pretty cloudy out. I broke down camp and had a quick snack before heading out through Cathedral [...]