Moab Area Rock Art V Sunday, February 27, 2011 On Sunday the weather forecast called for 60% chance of snow in Moab. Grand Junction and Moab had the same forecast on Saturday as well, so I figured they would be wrong again and I made my way over to Moab. It was a good decision [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Hidden Valley & Behind the Rocks
Posted: February 27, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, basketmaker, behind the rocks, fremont, hidden valley, maze panel, moab, moab rim, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, utah, watchtower ruin
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Winter on the Mesa
Posted: February 26, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Photographing, TouringTags: 2011, colorado, grand mesa, grand mesa national forest, snow, snowstorm
Saturday, February 26, 2011 Amanda and I headed up to the Grand Mesa for a few hours this afternoon. There was a ton of new snow up there and it was still coming down hard. The wind was blowing pretty good, too. Before heading back down we did stop at the Union Cafe for some [...]
Exploring Plateau Creek
Posted: February 6, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, PhotographingTags: 2011, bighorn sheep, colorado, grand mesa, petroglyphs, plateau creek, plateau creek panel, rock art
Sunday, February 6, 2011 This afternoon my friend Jackson and I spent a few hours exploring the Plateau Creek area of the Grand Mesa. I wanted to check out a new rock art panel, and he was in search of some birds to photograph. Here’s a few photos I took as we explored the area. [...]
Needles District & Lockhart Road
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, canyonlands national park, cave spring, handprints, indian creek, indian creek canyon, jeep, lockhart basin, needles district, needles overlook, pictographs, pothole point, roadside ruin, rock art, salt creek canyon, slickrock foot trail, utah
Saturday, February 5, 2011 After finishing searching for rock art in Indian Creek Canyon, I continued on down the highway to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. Since all of the 4×4 roads in the park were closed I figured that I would complete some of the easier and shorter hikes that I always [...]
Indian Creek Canyon Petroglyphs
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, basketmaker, crescent moon panel, indian creek, indian creek canyon, petroglyphs, rock art, utah
Saturday, February 5, 2011 After exploring and photographing Shay Canyon for a while, I continued my search in Indian Creek Canyon to see if I could find some more petroglyphs. I started out at this large panel just above the highway. This is a cool panel as it spans two sections of the canyon wall [...]
Shay Canyon Petroglyphs
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, basketmaker, indian creek, indian creek canyon, indian creek mastodon, petroglyphs, rock art, shay canyon, shay canyon mastodon, utah
Saturday, February 5, 2011 After taking some photos at Newspaper Rock, I headed over to explore Shay Canyon. This was my first visit to this canyon and I knew there should be many petroglyphs found here. I was not disappointed! I spent a while here hiking along the canyon wall searching for and photographing the [...]
Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in PhotographingTags: 2011, indian creek, indian creek canyon, newspaper rock, newspaper rock recreation site, petroglyphs, rock art, utah
Saturday, February 5, 2011 Early Saturday morning I set off for the Indian Creek Canyon area to explore and search for some new rock art. My first stop of the day was at Newspaper Rock. I have stopped here many times in the past, however I wanted to practice with my new 100-400mm lens. I [...]