Saturday, June 25, 2011 On Saturday I was hoping to spend around half the day with Amanda exploring the area around Rangely, Colorado. We were planning on revisiting a few rock art sites and maybe trying to find a few new ones, too. Unfortunately, we ended up cutting the trip short because the biting gnats [...]
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Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Sunday
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, casa rinconada, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, doorways, fajada butte, gallo camp, new mexico, pictographs, pueblo bonito, rock art, ruins, wijiji pueblo
Sunday, June 12, 2011 On Sunday morning I slept in just a little bit later than on Saturday. It was not because I wanted to, but because I was planning on photographing through the doorways of Pueblo Bonito during the early morning light. The park would not be opening the gates until 7:00am, so there [...]
Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Saturday
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 1054 supernova pictograph, 2011, anasazi, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, chetro ketl, fajada butte, kin kletso, new mexico, penasco blanco, petroglyph loop trail, petroglyphs, pictographs, pueblo bonito, pueblo bonito overlook, pueblo del arroyo, richard wetherill, rock art, ruins, supernova pictograph
Saturday, June 11, 2011 On Saturday morning I got up a little earlier than Amanda and headed out to try and get a photo of Fajada Butte at sunrise (since they don’t open the gates to the main park until 7:00am). When I arrived there were some nice clouds behind the butte, but they cleared [...]
Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Friday
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, aztec ruins national monument, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, chetro ketl, doorways, fajada butte, gallo camp, great kiva, jeep, kiva, new mexico, petroglyphs, pictographs, pueblo bonito, rock art, ruins, una vida
Friday, June 10, 2011 Amanda found out pretty last minute that she was going to have a three day weekend from work and she wanted to go somewhere new. I gave her a couple of suggestions for places I wanted to get to this year that we had not been to yet, and she agreed [...]