Friday – Sunday, March 29-31, 2013 I’ve driven past Monument Valley many times in the past but have never actually stopped in the park before. I decided to spend all day Saturday at the park so that I could photograph the Mitten Shadow at sunset. Since that was my main goal this trip, I’ll start [...]
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Monument Valley
Posted: March 31, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, Photographing, TouringTags: 2013, anasazi, arizona, camel butte, camp, cedar mesa, clouds, east mitten butte, elephant butte, granary, handprints, jeep, merrick butte, mexican hat, mitten shadow, moki dugway, monument valley, moon, navajo nation, north window overlook, portal ruin, rain god mesa, rock art, ruins, sentinel mesa, sun halo, sunrise, sunset, the mittens, three sisters, utah, valley of the gods, west mitten butte, wildcat trail
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Collins Canyon
Posted: March 3, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, HikingTags: 2013, anasazi, basketmaker, cedar mesa, clouds, collins canyon, cowboy camp, granary, grand flat, grand gulch, handprints, pictographs, rock art, ruins, sunrise, the narrows, utah
Sunday, March 3, 2013 On Sunday morning I was up shortly before sunrise and quickly taking down camp so I could get an early start on the hike. I wasn’t planning on taking any photos at sunrise, but when I saw the sky start to light up I quickly grabbed my camera out of the [...]
Kane Gulch
Posted: March 2, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, HikingTags: 2013, anasazi, cairn, camp, cedar mesa, grand flat, grand gulch, handprints, ice, jeep, junction ruins, kane gulch, kane gulch ranger station, moss back butte, navajo mountain, pictographs, rock art, ruins, sunset, tables of the sun, tent, turkey pen, turkey pen ruins, utah
Saturday, March 2, 2013 On Saturday morning I headed south for an early season hike in the Grand Gulch area. I stopped at the Kane Gulch Ranger Station as they opened for the day to pick up an annual Cedar Mesa hiking pass and then started hiking down Kane Gulch from there. There was still [...]
Leaving Death Valley
Posted: February 18, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2013, amargosa range, anasazi, arizona, arizona strip, badwater, california, dantes view, dawn, death valley, death valley national park, death valley trip, earth shadow, greenwater canyon, greenwater range, greenwater valley, little black mountain, nevada, panamint range, petroglyphs, rock art, shoshone, slab panel, sunrise, sunset, telescope peak, utah, virgin river, virgin river gorge
Death Valley Trip 2013 | Day 9 & 10 Sunday & Monday, February 17-18, 2013 For my last morning in Death Valley I decided to head back up to Dante’s View to catch the sunrise. Glow on the horizon. Morning Color by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr The Earth Shadow over Badwater and the Panamint Range. Badwater [...]
Falling Man to Dante’s View
Posted: February 10, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, Photographing, TouringTags: 2013, amargosa range, anasazi, badwater, black mountains, california, camp, clouds, crepuscular rays, dantes peak, dantes view, death valley, death valley national park, death valley trip, devils throat, falling man, gold butte backcountry byway, gold butte region, gold butte road, greenwater range, greenwater valley, jeep, joshua tree, mojave desert, nevada, panamint range, petroglyphs, rock art, sunset, twilight, virgin anasazi, whitney pocket
Death Valley Trip 2013 | Day 2 Sunday, February 10, 2013 After a good night of sleep my alarm woke me up before the sun was expected to rise. When I got out of my tent I noticed that some thin clouds had moved in overnight and the sky was completely overcast. I had originally [...]
Kohta Circus & Little Finland
Posted: February 9, 2013 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2013, anasazi, anasazi ridge, clouds, death valley trip, devils fire, gold butte backcountry byway, gold butte region, gold butte road, jeep, joshua tree, kohta circus, little finland, mojave desert, mud wash, mud wash petroglyphs, nevada, petroglyphs, rock art, salina, santa clara, santa clara river, snow, storm, sunrise, sunset, twilight, utah, virgin anasazi
Death Valley Trip 2013 | Day 1 Saturday, February 9, 2013 It’s been an unusually long and cold winter this year in Grand Junction. That’s why I’m glad I started planning my first trip to Death Valley a few months earlier. It would be nice to get out hiking and camping in temperatures that were [...]
Fable Valley
Posted: November 17, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, bridger jack mesa, canyonlands, cathedral butte, clouds, cottonwood canyon, cottonwood canyon road, dark canyon plateau, fable valley, fortress ruin, handprints, horse mountain, indian creek canyon, jeep, la sal mountains, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, ruins, salt creek canyon, six shooter peaks, storms, sunrise, sunset, t-shaped door, utah, ute, ute boulder
Saturday, November 17, 2012 On Saturday morning I was up and driving towards the Abajo Mountains well before the sun was ready to come up. My destination for the day was Fable Valley. I wanted to squeeze in a quick dayhike before snow would make the roads impassable and I wouldn’t be able to return [...]
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 [...]