Memorial Day | Monday, May 31, 2010 On Memorial Day we packed up camp and headed a short ways down Comb Wash to check out some ruins in Lower Mule Canyon. There were a few petroglyphs here as well. After spending some time hiking and exploring Lower Mule Canyon we headed over to Upper Butler [...]
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Along Comb Ridge | Monday
Posted: May 31, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, HikingTags: 2010, anasazi, arches, ballroom cave, blanding, bullseye ruins, butler wash, cedar mesa, comb ridge, comb wash, granary, handprints, lower mule canyon, memorial day, monticello, mule canyon, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, ruins, target ruins, upper bulter wash, utah
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Along Comb Ridge | Sunday
Posted: May 30, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2010, anasazi, arches, blanding, camp, cedar mesa, comb ridge, comb wash, comb wash road, elk ridge, found mesa, found mesa road, granary, hotel rock, hotel rock ruins, jeep, lewis lodge ruins, milk ranch point, night, ruins, soldier crossing, star trails, sunset, tent, utah, white canyon, woodenshoe road
Memorial Day Weekend | Sunday, May 30, 2010 After a good night’s sleep, we headed out early on Sunday morning to hike to the Lewis Lodge ruins. While we made it down the first ledge, we were unable to make it down to the ruins because of the very narrow and steep trail with an [...]
The Towers of Hovenweep
Posted: May 16, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2010, anasazi, anasazi heritage center, cajon ruins, canyons of the ancients, canyons of the ancients national monument, colorado, cutthroat castle, dolores, eroded boulder house, great sage plain, hackberry, hackberry ruins, holly group, holly house, holly tower, holly trail, horseshoe house, horseshoe ruins, hovenweep, hovenweep castle, hovenweep national monument, kiva, little ruin canyon, lowry pueblo, painted hand pueblo, painted hand tower, pedro point, pedro point ruins, pueblo, rim rock house, round tower, ruins, shiprock, sleeping ute mountain, square tower, square tower group, sunrise, sunset, the great kiva, twin towers, unit type house, utah
Saturday & Sunday, May 15-16, 2010 This last weekend Amanda and I headed south to Hovenweep National Monument and the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. This is an area we have been close to many times before, but had not been to yet. I’m not sure why it took so long, but it was [...]
The Arches of Rattlesnake Canyon
Posted: May 9, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2010, arches, black ridge, black ridge canyons wilderness, cedar tree arch, colorado, east rim arch, eye arch, hole in the bridge, mcinnis canyons national conservation area, overhang arch, rainbow arch, rattlesnake canyon, trap arch, twin arch, uncompahgre plateau, unnamed arch, west rim arch
Sunday, May 9, 2010 I have wanted to check out the arches of Rattlesnake Canyon for quite a while. Today we finally had a chance to head out and hike the trail through Rattlesnake Canyon since we didn’t head out of town this weekend. The first arch we came across is Unnamed Arch. It is [...]
The Great Sand Dunes
Posted: May 2, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, Photographing, TouringTags: 2010, alamosa, castle creek, clouds, colorado, creede, dune field, great sand dunes, great sand dunes national park, high dune, ice, lake city, medano creek, medano pass, montville nature trail, mosca creek, mount herard, north clear creek falls, rocky mountain bighorn sheep, sand dunes, sangre de cristo mountains, storm, sunset, waterfalls, wildlife, zapata falls
Friday – Sunday, April 30 – May 2, 2010 This last Thursday was Amanda’s birthday, so she got to choose where we went last weekend. After getting a taste of The Great Sand Dunes last August, she wanted to head back while Medano Creek was flowing. Since she ended up having Friday off from work, [...]