Friday – Sunday, April 5-7, 2013 After work on Friday I headed back into Utah to meet a few friends in Poison Springs Canyon so that we could hike to Happy Canyon on Saturday and then spend some time visiting a few rock art sites on Sunday. I quickly made it to Hanksville and then [...]
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Upper Antelope Canyon
Posted: November 12, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Canyoneering, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, antelope canyon, arches, arizona, basketmaker, bluff, cameo cliffs, celebration panel, church rock, glen canyon style, la sal mountains, navajo nation, page, petroglyphs, rock art, san juan river, sand island, slot canyon, sunburst, sunset, upper antelope canyon, utah, veterans day, wilson arch
Veterans Day | Monday, November 12, 2012 After spending a great weekend exploring The Paria Plateau it was time to start our drive back home. Before we left I thought it might be a good idea to finally check out Upper Antelope Canyon. I’ve seen plenty of photos from this well-known location but have always [...]
Beef Basin & Gypsum Canyon
Posted: November 4, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Canyoneering, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, beef basin, beef basin loop, beef basin road, beef basin spring, beef basin wash, beef basin wash ruins, butler wash overlook, canyonlands panel, descending sheep, fall colors, granary, gypsum canyon, house park, indian creek, indian creek canyon, l-house, l-house ruins, middle park, pappys pasture, petroglyphs, potsherds, ridge site, rock art, ruin park, ruins, salt creek, salt creek canyon, sunrise, sunset, utah, waterfalls
Thursday – Sunday, November 1-4, 2012 After work on Thursday evening I got in my Jeep and drove into Utah again. I had taken Friday off from work and was planning on meeting a group of friends in Beef Basin for a long weekend of camping and exploring the area. A few months earlier my [...]
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 [...]
Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch Slots
Posted: October 3, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Canyoneering, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2010, arches, batty pass caves, brimstone gulch, double rainbow, dry fork narrows, dry fork of coyote gulch, escalante, fiftymile mountain, fortymile ridge, hole-in-the-rock road, kaiparowits plateau, moonrise arch, navajo mountain, peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo arches, rainbow, red well, slot canyon, spooky, straight cliffs, sunrise arch, sunset, sunset arch, utah
Southern Utah Wanderings 2010 | Day 2 Sunday, October 3, 2010 Before I get into our Sunday adventures, I wanted to bring up a strange incident that occurred in the middle of the night. At around 3am we started to hear a loud buzzing sound coming from far south on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road. It was [...]
A ‘Swell’ Weekend & more…
Posted: May 3, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Canyoneering, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2009, behind the reef road, cabin, chute canyon, colorado river, colorado river bridge, factory butte, flat top, goblin valley, goblin valley state park, hanksville, hidden splendor, hidden splendor mine, hite, jeep, lake powell, little wild horse canyon, mollys castle, mollys castle trail, muddy creek, rain, san rafael desert, san rafael reef, san rafael swell, slot canyon, sunset, temple mountain, temple mountain road, utah, wild horse mesa trail, wild horse wash
Saturday & Sunday, May 2-3, 2009 Last Wednesday was Amanda’s birthday, and for her birthday she wanted to go to Goblin Valley. She picked this weekend, so I planned a little trip around it. We left right after work on Friday and headed straight for Hanksville to setup camp. It was a very nice evening [...]