Las Vegas Trip 2012 Saturday, March 17, 2012 It was the last day of our trip to Las Vegas and Southern Utah and we would finally be heading back home. Of course we would be making some more stops on the way back! After another night in another hotel we were up early again to [...]
Archive for March, 2012
Sunrise in Bryce and the Drive Home
Posted: March 17, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, book cliffs, bryce canyon, bryce canyon national park, capitol gorge, capitol reef, capitol reef national park, cass hite, clouds, escalante, escalante river, factory butte, fremont, fremont falls, fremont river, fremont river granary, granary, handprints, highway 12, hundred hands, inspiration point, navajo mountain, paunsaugunt plateau, petroglyphs, pictographs, pioneer register, road, rock art, ruins, scenic drive, sunrise, sunset, sunset point, torrey, utah, waterfalls
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An Evening at Bryce Canyon National Park
Posted: March 16, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, bryce canyon, bryce canyon national park, bryce point, dixie natinal forest, inspiration point, natural bridge, navajo loop trail, paunsaugunt plateau, pink cliffs, rainbow point, sunrise point, sunset, sunset point, utah
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Friday, March 16, 2012 Friday had arrived, which means it was time to finally leave Las Vegas. Even though we enjoyed visiting some of the areas outside of the city, we were both looking forward to getting out of the big city. After checking out of our hotel we were back [...]
Valley of Fire
Posted: March 15, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, anasazi, arch rock, arches, atlatl rock, bighorn sheep, crazy hill, elephant arch, fire cave, fire wave, goldfish rock, las vegas, mouses tank, nevada, overton, petroglyph canyon, petroglyphs, pink canyon, rock art, slot canyon, striped rock, sunrise, sunset, the cabins, the scream, valley of fire, valley of fire state park, virgin anasazi, white dome, white dome slot, white dome trail, wildlife, windstone arch
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Thursday, March 15, 2012 After another night at our hotel in Las Vegas we were up early and on our way out of the city and over to Valley of Fire State Park. I was looking forward to visiting this amazing little area and we were planning on spending the full [...]
Hoover Dam, Lake Mead & Las Vegas
Posted: March 14, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, arizona, bridge, colorado river, colorado river bridge, dam, hoover dam, lake mead, lake mead national recreation area, lakeshore scenic drive, las vegas, nevada, stratosphere, sunset
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Wednesday, March 14, 2012 It was our second day in Las Vegas and we were ready to get out of the city again. After sleeping in we headed out to visit Hoover Dam. When we arrived, we decided that we didn’t want to pay or wait in a long line for [...]
A Morning in Red Rock Canyon
Posted: March 13, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, TouringTags: 2012, calico hills, las vegas, nevada, petroglyph wall, petroglyphs, pictographs, red rock canyon, red rock canyon national conservation area, rock art, willow springs
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Tuesday, March 13, 2012 It was our first full day in Las Vegas and we both could already tell that this city wasn’t the place for us. We had tickets in the evening for the Blue Man Group, so we decided to spend the morning just outside of town in the [...]
Leaving Zion
Posted: March 12, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, anasazi, bloomington, bloomington petroglyph park, court of the patriarchs, emerald pools, lower emerald pools, petroglyph park, petroglyphs, rock art, sunrise, upper emerald pool, utah, virgin river, waterfalls, zion, zion canyon, zion national park
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Monday, March 12, 2012 After a great weekend exploring Zion National Park, Amanda and I decided to stick around a bit longer on Monday morning before starting our drive to Las Vegas. I visited the Court of the Patriarchs in the morning to catch the sunrise. I was worried for a [...]
A Day in Zion National Park
Posted: March 11, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, altar of sacrifice, anasazi, arches, bonsai tree, canyon overlook, checkerboard mesa, checkerboard mountain, crawford arch, great arch, mount carmel highway, petroglyphs, riverside walk, rock art, south gate petroglyphs, sunrise, sunset, the narrows, the sundial, towers of the virgin, tunnel, twilight, utah, virgin river, west temple, zion, zion canyon, zion national park
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Sunday, March 11, 2012 Zion National Park by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr After losing an hour overnight, I was up early again and back in the park before the sun came up so that I could watch the first light of the day strike the Towers of the Virgin including The West [...]
The Road to Zion
Posted: March 10, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Photographing, TouringTags: 2012, cedar city, court of the patriarchs, fremont, lions mouth cave, paiute, petroglyphs, pictographs, richfield, rock art, sunset, the watchman, utah, virgin river, weeping rock, zion, zion canyon, zion national park
Las Vegas Trip 2012 Saturday, March 10, 2012 On Saturday morning Amanda and I left for a week-long vacation to Las Vegas with a few other stops along the way. We would be spending our first weekend of the trip visiting Zion National Park for the first time. On our drive to Zion we made [...]
Worm Moon
Posted: March 7, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in PhotographingTags: 2012, book cliffs, colorado, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, moon, mount garfield
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 I’ve tried to get a photo of the full moon rising over Mount Garfield a few times over the last year without much luck. All day it was cloudy and overcast so I thought today would be the same, but an hour before the moon was set to rise the sky [...]
Grand View Sunrise
Posted: March 4, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in PhotographingTags: 2012, book cliffs, colorado, colorado national monument, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, grand view, independence monument, monument canyon, saddlehorn, sunrise, the organ, uncompahgre plateau, wedding canyon, window rock
Sunday, March 4, 2012 I headed back up to the Colorado National Monument again this morning to catch the sunrise. Of course I took a few photos while I was there… Fruita Beyond Independence Monument by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr Sunlit Window Rock by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr Saddlehorn View by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr >> Grand View [...]