Memorial Weekend in The Needles | Day 3 Memorial Day | Monday, May 28, 2012 After another night of great camping weather we had some breakfast and set out hiking so that we could visit the Flying Carpet Panel. We also explored a few small side canyons before hiking back out to our vehicles near [...]
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Annular Solar Eclipse & The Paria Plateau
Posted: May 20, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Canyoneering, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, annular solar eclipse, arches, arizona, basketmaker, bluff, bluff horses, buckskin gulch, buckskin wash, carrizo mountains, clouds, coyote buttes north, coyote wash, eclipse, la sal mountains, light, moon, navajo, new mexico, paria plateau, petroglyphs, racetrack, ring of fire, rock art, sand cove, sandstone, second wave, shadows, shiprock, slot canyon, solar eclipse, sun, sunset, the passage, the wave, utah, vermilion cliffs, vermilion cliffs national monument, vermilion cliffs wilderness, wilderness, wildflowers, wilson arch, wire pass
Friday – Sunday, May 18-20, 2012 A few months back I managed to get another pair of permits to the Coyote Buttes North area so that Amanda and I could visit The Wave again and explore a few new areas. It turns out that I had picked a great weekend to go without originally realizing [...]
Bridgeport to Whitewater
Posted: May 12, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Paddling, RaftingTags: 2012, bear paw panel, book cliffs, bridgeport, colorado, gunnison river, mount garfield, petroglyphs, rock art, triangle canyon, triangle mesa, ute, whitewater
Saturday, May 12, 2012 Over the winter I bought my own inflatable kayak so that I wouldn’t have to rent or borrow one anymore, and I’ve been looking forward to getting it on the river for the first time this year. Originally, Jackson and I wanted to go on a day trip through Ruby-Horsethief Canyon [...]
Rattlesnake Canyon Arches
Posted: May 8, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, akiti arch, arches, black ridge, black ridge canyons wilderness, black ridge trail, book cliffs, bridge arch, cedar tree arch, centennial arch, colorado, east rim arch, fruita, grand junction, grand mesa, grand valley, hole in the bridge, jeep, overhang arch, rainbow arch, rattlesnake arches, rattlesnake canyon, sunset, uncompahgre plateau, wilderness
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 It’s been awhile since I’ve hiked to the arches in Rattlesnake Canyon and I have wanted to return again so that I could try and get some better photos of them. I figured that sunset would probably be the best time to go, and that I should have plenty of time [...]