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 [...]
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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
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Marty’s Moab Rock Art Tour
Posted: December 1, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, arrowhead, basketmaker, big elk panel, bighorn sheep, castle valley, castleton tower, clouds, colorado river, fisher towers, four arms panel, highway 128, mill creek, mill creek canyon, moab, petroglyphs, pictographs, richardson amphitheater, river road, rock art, sunrise, sunset, the kings court, the rectory, the titan, twilight, utah, wildlife
Moab Area Rock Art XXII Saturday, December 1, 2012 On Saturday I drove down to Moab to meet up with Marty again for some hiking and exploring. He’s going to be moving to Grand Junction at the beginning of the new year, so we wanted to get at least one more hike in before he [...]
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 [...]
Rock Art & Fall Colors
Posted: October 20, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, arches, basketmaker, dawn, dome plateau, fall colors, la boca arch, mill creek canyon, moab, petroglyphs, rock art, sand flats, sunrise, the highlands, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XXI Saturday, October 20, 2012 This weekend, even right after my week-long trip, I was ready to get out hiking and exploring again. I figured that since I hadn’t been down to Moab for a while it might be a good time to get back for a day trip. Last year [...]
Alstrom Point to Johns Canyon
Posted: October 10, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, alstrom point, anasazi, basketmaker, big horse, big water, bluff, bluff horses, camp, cedar mesa, clouds, crosby canyon, dominguez butte, dotted man panel, duckhead man, duckhead man panel, glen canyon national recreation area, glen canyon style, gunsight bay, gunsight butte, jeep, johns canyon, lake powell, mexican hat, navajo mountain, padres butte, page, petroglyphs, rock art, san juan river, sand island, sunburst, sunrise, sunset, utah, ute, warm creek point
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 5 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 On Wednesday morning, after a great night sleeping under the stars on Alstrom Point, we woke up just as dawn was starting to break. I rolled out of my sleeping bag, grabbed my camera and walked a few feet to the edge [...]
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 [...]
Cedar Mesa & Bluff
Posted: April 22, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, archaeography, basketmaker, blanding, bluff, bluff horses, camp, cedar mesa, cedar point, collapsed roof ruin, cottonwood wash, dotted man panel, duckhead, duckhead man, duckhead man panel, goosenecks of the san juan, granary, handprints, johns canyon, johns canyon road, kane gulch ranger station, lizard, moki dugway, monument valley, muley point, navajo, owl creek, owl creek canyon, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, ruins, san juan river, sunrise, sunset, tent, the birthing panel, utah, yei, yeii
Saturday & Sunday, April 21-22, 2012 I was originally supposed to go camping this weekend with Amanda, but at the last minute she was unable to go with me, so I had to figure out something else to do. I sent an email to Marty to see if he was free on the weekend for [...]
Amasa Back
Posted: March 3, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, amasa back, archaeography, basketmaker, behind the rocks, birthing rock, birthing scene, cliffhanger, colorado river, colorado river gorge, colorado river road, dinosaur tracks, eye alcove, fins, fisher towers, jacksons hole, jacksons ladder, jeep, kane creek, kane creek canyon, la sal mountains, lines and sheep, medallion panel, moab, owl panel, petroglyphs, pictographs, piggyback sheep, reflection, rock art, ruins, snow, sunset, tracks panel, utah
Saturday, March 3, 2012 After spending the last two weeks in the Chicago area, and not having been to Moab in almost a month (February is one of my favorite times to hike around Moab since the weather is usually nice and there aren’t any crowds yet), it was time for me to get back [...]
Rained Out in Moab
Posted: January 21, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, basketmaker, canyonlands, clouds, colorado, colorado national monument, crows head spire, island in the sky, marlboro point, moab, old airport panels, petroglyphs, rain, rock art, snow, storm, sunrise, sunset, uncompahgre plateau, utah
Moab Area Rock Art XX Saturday, January 21, 2012 I was up at 4am this morning so that I could make it to Marlboro Point before sunrise. With storms moving through the area, I was hoping for a colorful and dramatic sunrise…and I wasn’t let down! As I drove out onto the point, the eastern [...]