Sunday, September 25, 2011 After my float down the Colorado River in the afternoon, I came home and relaxed for a little while. About an hour before sunset I decided to head out and do a little mountain biking near home. Not too far away is a part of the Old Spanish Trail, and it’s [...]
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Quick Ride on the Old Spanish Trail
Posted: September 25, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Mountain BikingTags: 2011, colorado, grand junction, gunnison bluffs, gunnison river, old spanish trail, orchard mesa, whitewater
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Rustler’s Loop
Posted: April 25, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Mountain BikingTags: 2010, colorado, colorado river, grand valley, horsethief canyon, kokopelli trail, loma, rustlers bench, rustlers loop, uncompahgre plateau
Sunday, April 25, 2010 Since I wasn’t planning on going anywhere with the Jeep today, I decided to get up early and head over to the Kokopelli bike trails near Loma to check out a popular trail named Rustler’s Loop. It was a great 3.5 mile loop with excellent views over Horsethief Canyon and the [...]
Spanish Trail – Gunnison Bluffs Loop
Posted: March 25, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Mountain BikingTags: 2010, colorado, grand mesa, gunnison bluffs, gunnison river, gunnison river bluffs, orchard mesa, spanish trail
Thursday, March 25, 2010 After work I decided to head out on my first mountain bike ride of the season. I ended up heading to the Spanish Trail and Gunnison Bluffs area and rode one of the loops. Here’s a few photos from my ride… At the trailhead with my new, but temporary bike rack. [...]
Hiking, Biking, Jeeping, and Geocaching
Posted: May 31, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Geocaching, Hiking, Jeeping, Mountain Biking, PhotographingTags: 2009, castle rocks, colorado, colorado river, fremont, grand junction, grand mesa, grand valley, gunnison bluffs, gunnison river, jeep, knowles canyon overlook, may flat, mcdonald creek, mcinnis canyons national conservation area, pictographs, rabbit valley, rock art, uncompahgre plateau
Sunday, May 31, 2009 What a great day! Amanda and I woke up early this morning and headed over to McDonald Creek for a little hiking. This is a nice easy hike that starts out near Castle Rocks and then heads down to the Colorado River. There are also some pictographs along the canyon. After [...]
Biking the Gunnison Bluffs
Posted: March 22, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Mountain BikingTags: 2009, colorado, grand junction, grand mesa, grand valley, gunnison bluffs, gunnison river
Sunday, March 22, 2009 I decided to take my bike out for a short ride on the Gunnison Bluffs trail that is only a few miles from home. Amanda and I hiked part of this trail last spring, so I knew it would be relative mild to test out my bike off-road. Start of the [...]