San Rafael Swell Rock Art IX New Year’s Eve | Saturday, December 31, 2011 We finally made it…the last trip of the year 2011! On New Years Eve morning I met up with Marty in Green River so that we could head over to the San Rafael Reef and Desert to search for some new [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Private Property Rock Art
Posted: December 26, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, basketmaker, moab, petroglyphs, private property, rock art, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XVII Monday, December 26, 2011 Since Christmas fell on a Sunday this year I was off from work on Monday. What better way to spend the day than searching for more rock art near Moab? However, this was no ordinary Moab rock art trip; this time Marty had received permission from [...]
Christmas Eve Snowshoeing
Posted: December 24, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in SnowshoeingTags: 2011, colorado, grand mesa, jumbo reservoir, mesa lakes, snow, sunset lake, west bench, west bench trail
Christmas Eve | Saturday, December 24, 2011 Since Amanda had to work this morning, I decided to head up on the Grand Mesa to do a little snowshoeing. I bought a new pair of snowshoes and some new poles a few months back and wanted to try them out. Since I was testing out new [...]
Christmas in Arches 2011
Posted: December 18, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, arches, arches national park, black and white, broken arch, christmas, devils garden, la sal mountains, landscape arch, moab, north window, pine tree arch, sand dune arch, south window, sunset, tunnel arch, turret arch, utah, windows section
Arches National Park Sunday, December 18, 2011 For the past few years Amanda and I have kind of made it a tradition to head over to Arches National Park near the Christmas holiday. This year we were able to get down there the Sunday before. The first thing we do when we get to the [...]
Hidden Valley & Moab Rim Loop
Posted: December 17, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, basketmaker, behind the rocks, fisher towers, hidden valley, hidden valley snake, line of sheep, maze panel, moab, moab rim, moab rim elk, old folks home, petroglyphs, rock art, ruins, snow, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XVI Saturday, December 17, 2011 On Saturday, Marty and I set out to hike the Hidden Valley and Moab Rim Loop. We had both hiked Hidden Valley before, and driven the Moab Rim trail in our Jeeps, but we both had wanted to hike the whole loop in one shot. Not [...]
Lunar Eclipse, Sand Flats & Mill Creek
Posted: December 10, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, basketmaker, book cliffs, jeep, la sal mountains, lunar eclipse, mill creek, mill creek canyon, moab, moon, petroglyphs, rock art, sand flats, sand flats snake, utah, yellow cat, yellow cat road
Moab Area Rock Art XV Saturday, December 10, 2011 I left my house early on Saturday morning so I could photograph the lunar eclipse just before the sunrise. I didn’t plan on going to any specific location, so I figured that I would stop somewhere between Grand Junction and Moab, since I was headed back [...]
Devils Canyon Hike
Posted: December 4, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, HikingTags: 2011, black ridge canyons wilderness, colorado, colorado canyons, devils canyon, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, mcinnis canyons national conservation area, uncompahgre plateau
D1 & D5 Loop Sunday, December 4, 2011 After spending Saturday in Moab, I decided to stick close to home on Sunday and go for a hike in the Devils Canyon area near Fruita. I’ve hiked here a couple of times before, but still haven’t checked out all the trails in the area. Many of [...]
Exploring Mill Creek Canyon
Posted: December 3, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, basketmaker, moab, petroglyphs, rock art, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XIV Saturday, December 3, 2011 After a great long Thanksgiving Weekend I headed back to Moab with my friend Jackson so that we could hike and search for some new rock art panels. I had high hopes of finding many new panels and was not disappointed! Shortly after starting our hike [...]