Moab Area Rock Art XX Saturday, January 21, 2012 I was up at 4am this morning so that I could make it to Marlboro Point before sunrise. With storms moving through the area, I was hoping for a colorful and dramatic sunrise…and I wasn’t let down! As I drove out onto the point, the eastern [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Rained Out in Moab
Posted: January 21, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, basketmaker, canyonlands, clouds, colorado, colorado national monument, crows head spire, island in the sky, marlboro point, moab, old airport panels, petroglyphs, rain, rock art, snow, storm, sunrise, sunset, uncompahgre plateau, utah
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Exploring the Arches Backcountry
Posted: January 15, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, arches national park, basketmaker, castle rocks, castle valley, colorado, colorado river, copper ridge, copper ridge jeep trail, courthouse wash, ice, jeep, knowles canyon, la sal mountains, lenticular cloud, moab, petroglyphs, rabbit valley, rock art, ruby canyon, sunrise, sunset, twilight, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XIX Sunday, January 15, 2012 On Sunday I drove back to Moab to meet up with Marty again to do a little more exploring. I didn’t have any plans for the day in mind when I left home, so I thought we could just figure things out as we went. We [...]
Colorado National Monument Sunrise
Posted: January 14, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in PhotographingTags: 2012, book cliffs, colorado, colorado national monument, grand junction, grand valley, liberty cap trail, moon, sunrise, uncompahgre plateau
Saturday, January 14, 2012 Since I was home this Saturday, I decided to get up early and head over to the Colorado National Monument to catch the sunrise with my camera. I hiked along the lower portion of the Liberty Cap Trail and took a few photos along the way. The main reason I got [...]
Ouray Ice Festival 2012
Posted: January 8, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Ice Climbing, PhotographingTags: 2012, box canyon, colorado, ice, mountains, ouray, ouray ice festival, ouray ice park, san juan mountains, snow
Sunday, January 8, 2012 On Sunday, Amanda and I headed down to watch the ice climbers at the Ouray Ice Festival. We have always wanted to go check it out, so it was nice to finally make it down there. I’m not a climber of any sorts (and have no interest in starting), but it [...]
Light, Clouds and Hiking Around Moab
Posted: January 7, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, adobe mesa, castle valley, fins, fisher towers, grave, jeep, la sal mountains, longbow arch, moab, petroglyphs, poison spider mesa, polka dot man, richardson amphitheater, rock art, sunrise, sunset, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XVIII | In Search of the Polka Dot Man Saturday, January 7, 2012 After taking the first weekend of 2012 off to get a little rest, it was time to get back out there and start exploring again. I was up bright and early to drive to Moab so I could [...]