Sunday, December 27, 2009 Heading to Arches National Park on the weekend closest to Christmas seems to be a tradition that Amanda and I are starting. Hopefully we can keep it up in the future On Sunday, we got up early and made our way to Arches. The sun started to rise as we neared [...]
Archive for December, 2009
December in Arches 2009
Posted: December 27, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2009, arches, arches national park, christmas, clouds, devils garden, fins, la sal mountains, landscape arch, moab, north window, pine tree arch, skyline arch, snow, south window, the windows, tunnel arch, turret arch, utah
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Snowshoeing Bangs Canyon
Posted: December 26, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in SnowshoeingTags: 2009, bangs canyon, colorado, grand junction, grand mesa, grand valley, snow, uncompahgre plateau
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Ever since we got that big snow a few weeks back, I have been wanting to get out and try out my snowshoes near home to get some practice with them before I head up into the mountains. Today was the first opportunity I had to give them a try, so [...]
Alcove Nature Trail
Posted: December 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2009, alcove nature trail, christmas, colorado, colorado national monument, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, snow, uncompahgre plateau
Christmas Day | Friday , December 25, 2009 It was a great morning for a hike. I wanted to get out of the house for a little while this morning and try out my new Merrell Snowmotion boots. When we were at the Colorado National Monument last Sunday, I remembered noticing that the Alcove Nature [...]
Canyon Rim & Window Rock
Posted: December 20, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2009, canyon rim trail, colorado, colorado national monument, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, uncompahgre plateau, window rock
Sunday, December 20, 2009 Since I was home all day yesterday, I needed to get outside for at least a little while today. We headed to the Colorado National Monument and hiked the Canyon Rim and Window Rock trails near the visitor’s center. Here’s a few pictures Amanda and I took along the way. Maybe [...]
Hiking the Serpent’s Trail
Posted: December 6, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2009, colorado, colorado national monument, devils kitchen, grand junction, grand valley, no thoroughfare canyon, rim rock drive, serpents trail, uncompahgre plateau
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Today Amanda and I headed out to hike the popular Serpent’s Trail within the Colorado National Monument. The original vehicle entrance to the Monument, this route was once called the “Crookedest Road in the World” and is now on the National Register of Historic Structures. According to my GPS, the trail [...]