Sunday, November 29, 2009 After a good nights sleep we left Green River and made our way to the White Wash Sand Dunes via the Ruby Ranch Road. When we reached White Wash, we followed the sandy wash around the dunes in the area. Then Amanda took over driving and drove over a few small [...]
Archive for November, 2009
White Wash
Posted: November 29, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, bowknot bend, deadman mesa, dolores river, dolores triangle, dubinky well, dubinky well road, green river, jeep, moab, red wash, ruby ranch road, sand dunes, spring canyon, spring canyon bottom, tenmile point, utah, white wash, white wash sand dunes
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Crystal Geyser
Posted: November 28, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, blue hills road, crescent junction, crystal geyser, crystal geyser trail, dubinky well road, floy wash, geyser, green river, jeep, rainbow rocks, rainbow terrace, ruby ranch road, tenmile point, the needles, tombstone rock, utah
Saturday, November 28, 2009 Since Amanda had to work on Black Friday, we had to wait until Saturday before we could head anywhere on the Thanksgiving weekend. There were some trails north of Moab that I had been wanting to check out for a while and we didn’t want to head too far away from [...]
Cedar Mesa | Seven Towers
Posted: November 22, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, HikingTags: 2009, anasazi, cave towers, cedar mesa, mule canyon, mule canyon towers, ruins, seven towers, utah
Sunday, November 22, 2009 After making our way back to the highway from Arch Canyon Rim we crossed and headed back to Mule Canyon….this time on the other side of the highway. After a short half mile drive down a 4×4 road and a quick 100 yard hike down a rocky wash, we reached the [...]
Cedar Mesa | Arch Canyon Rim
Posted: November 22, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, arch canyon, arch canyon overlook, arch canyon rim, cathedral arch, cedar mesa, texas flat, utah
Sunday, November 22, 2009 After hiking back to the Jeep from the House on Fire ruins, we continued on down the dirt road we had parked on which headed across Texas Flat and then followed near the rim of Arch Canyon. I ended up taking a spur that led us to a pretty cool overlook [...]
Cedar Mesa | House on Fire
Posted: November 22, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, HikingTags: 2009, anasazi, cedar mesa, flaming roof ruin, house on fire, mule canyon, ruins, utah
Sunday, November 22, 2009 Sunday morning we left Blanding and headed towards Cedar Mesa again. Our destination this morning was South Mule Canyon where we looked forward to hiking to the famous House on Fire ruins. We were hoping to be there at a good time of the day for lighting, and I think we [...]
South Comb Wash | River House Ruins
Posted: November 21, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, anasazi, basketmaker, blanding, bluff, cedar mesa, cigarette springs road, comb ridge, comb wash, glen canyon style, gooseneck state park, goosenecks of the san juan, granary, hole-in-the-rock, jee[, moki dugway, petroglyphs, pictographs, river house ruins, rock art, ruins, san juan hill, san juan river, sand island, sand island petroglyphs, snake house ruins, t-shaped door, the rincone, trading post, utah
Saturday, November 21, 2009 After our fun hike to The Citadel, Amanda and I headed back out Cigarette Springs Road, took a left on UT 261 and made our way down the Moki Dugway. We made a quick stop at Goosenecks State Park since we were in the area. Then we made our way back [...]
Cedar Mesa | The Citadel
Posted: November 21, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, HikingTags: 2009, anasazi, blanding, cedar mesa, cigarette springs road, road canyon, ruins, the citadel, utah
Saturday, November 21, 2009 This past weekend Amanda and I headed south for our annual November Cedar Mesa weekend trip. We left right after work on Friday and made our way to Blanding where we had some hotel reservations for the weekend (we’re not into cold weather camping). Saturday morning we headed to our first [...]
Moab BogleyFest 2009 | Sunday
Posted: November 8, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, bogley, bogleyfest, cabin, colorado river, colorado river gorge, dewey bridge, dolores river, dolores river ford, dolores triangle, entrada ranch road, granite creek, jeep, knowles mesa, lake bottom, moab, utah, westwater canyon, westwater canyon overlook
Sunday, November 8, 2009 On Sunday morning, I slept in a little later than the previous two days and met up with the remainder of the group before they headed out for their canyons for the day. After saying good-bye, I headed out of town on UT 128 along the Colorado River on my way [...]