Moab Area Rock Art X Sunday, May 29, 2011 On my way home from the Comb Ridge area I decided to make an unplanned stop and hike up Stearns Wash in search of some petroglyphs. I had read that there were petroglyphs somewhere along Stearns Wash but I had no idea where. I figured I [...]
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Stearns Wash Petroglyphs
Posted: May 29, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, HikingTags: 2011, moab, petroglyphs, rock art, stearns wash
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Lower Butler Wash and More…
Posted: May 29, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, basketmaker, big crane, bluff, butler wash, comb ridge, comb wash, dust storm, jeep, lower butler wash, petroglyphs, rock art, ruins, san juan river, sand island, utah, wolfman panel
Memorial Day Weekend Sunday, May 29, 2011 After a very windy night, I was up early and on my way south down the Comb Wash Road. I crossed through the Comb on US 163 and drove to the trailhead for Lower Butler Wash. I descended down the old wagon road on foot and made my [...]
Fish Creek Canyon and More…
Posted: May 28, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, big feet panel, blanding, cedar mesa, comb ridge, comb wash, curly panel, fish creek canyon, handprints, petroglyphs, pictographs, potsherds, reverse handprints ruin, rock art, ruins, tower house, utah
Memorial Day Weekend Saturday, May 28, 2011 Amanda and I have a little tradition of heading down to Comb Ridge and Cedar Mesa for the Memorial Day weekend. In the past she has had no trouble getting the weekend off from work, but unfortunately she was unable to get it off again this year. I [...]
Hovenweep Sunset & Sunrise
Posted: May 22, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, boulder house, colorado, eroded boulder house, holly house, hovenweep castle, hovenweep national monument, little ruin canyon, rim rock house, ruins, sunrise, sunset, twin towers, utah
Saturday – Sunday, May 21-22, 2011 After spending much of the day exploring Montezuma Canyon I headed over the border into Colorado and found a campsite in the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument. Then I made my way over to the Holly Group of Hovenweep National Monument. Holly House and Boulder House near the [...]
Montezuma Canyon Rock Art & Ruins
Posted: May 21, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, basketmaker, granary, honeycomb granary, montezuma canyon, petroglyphs, rock art, ruins, utah
Saturday, May 21, 2011 Another weekend on my own, so I decided to spend some time really exploring Montezuma Canyon for rock art and ruins. I have driven through the canyon before, but that was during a rainstorm in 2008 and I missed a lot on that trip. This time I started at the south [...]
Nine Mile Canyon
Posted: May 15, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, book cliffs, cottonwood canyon, daddy canyon, fremont, great hunt panel, long-necked sheep panel, nine mile canyon, nine mile ranch, petroglyphs, pictographs, rasmussen cave, rock art, tavaputs plateau, utah, ute
Saturday & Sunday, May 14-15, 2011 I’ve wanted to get back to Nine Mile Canyon for quite a while. The last time I was there was in 2007 and I kind of rushed through the canyon on my way elsewhere, so I missed a lot. I had wanted to go to Nine Mile Canyon back [...]
Buckhorn Flat & Wash Rock Art
Posted: May 1, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, 45 degree rock, buckhorn flat, buckhorn wash, cattle guard panel, cedar mountain, daisy chain, fremont, petroglyphs, pictographs, railroad rocks, rock art, san rafael swell, silent sentinel, utah
San Rafael Swell Rock Art II Sunday, May 1, 2011 After spending a long weekend in Salt Lake City for Amanda’s birthday, we headed home through the San Rafael Swell so that I could stop at a few easily accessible rock art panels at the base of Cedar Mountain that I had not been to [...]