Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 22, 2012 On Thanksgiving Day I got out of the house for a few hours and headed over to Devil’s Canyon for a nice dayhike. One of my friends had tipped me off about the location of a petroglyph in the area, so I decided to try and find it. [...]
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Devil’s Canyon
Posted: November 22, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in HikingTags: 2012, cabin, colorado, devils canyon, fruita, grand junction, grand valley, history, petroglyphs, rock art, round man, uncompahgre plateau, ute
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Laccolith Tour | Henry Mountains Revisited
Posted: September 6, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, MountaineeringTags: 2010, bull creek pass, bull mountain, cabin, camp, capitol reef, copper ridge, crescent creek, crescent creek canyon, hanksville, henry mountains, jeep, la sal mountains, laccolith tour, little egypt, mount ellen, sawmill basin, sawmill basin road, summit, utah, waterpocket fold, wickiup pass
Labor Day Weekend Sunday & Monday, September 5-6, 2010 This past Labor Day Weekend Amanda had to unfortunately work on Sunday and Monday, so I was on my own. I figured that I would head back to The Henry Mountains to complete some of the trails that were blocked by snow on our last trip, [...]
Laccolith Tour | La Sal Mountains
Posted: August 22, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Geocaching, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2010, adobe mesa, burn area, burro pass, cabin, castle valley, castle valley overlook, colorado river, dinosaur tracks, fisher mesa, fisher mesa trail, fisher towers, fisher valley, gateway, gateway - castleton road, geyser pass, hoodoo, jeep, john brown canyon, la sal mountain loop road, la sal mountains, laccolith tour, mining history, moab, moon, north beaver mesa, onion creek, onion creek road, pinhook battleground, pinhook valley, polar mesa, reflection, richardson amphitheater, sand flats, sand flats road, sunflowers, sunset, taylor flats, taylor flats road, unaweap canyon, utah, warner lake, willow basin
Saturday & Sunday, August 21-22, 2010 Since Amanda had to work this weekend and I didn’t want to travel too far from home, I headed out to explore the La Sal Mountains as part of my Laccolith Tour this year. I have been to the La Sals a number of times before, so I have [...]
Out of the Heat & Into the Mountains!
Posted: July 18, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Geocaching, JeepingTags: 2010, anvil mountain, buffalo boy mine, cabin, camp, colorado, cunningham gulch, deer park, jeep, kendall gulch, kendall mountain, kite lake, mining history, old lime creek road, owl creek pass, ridgway, rio grande, san juan mountains, silverton, stony pass, swansea gulch, titusville mine, tram, uncompahgre national forest
Saturday & Sunday, July 17-18, 2010 With temperatures over 100 degrees in Grand Junction this weekend, we headed up into the mountains for some cooler temperatures. We made our way south to Silverton before heading over Stony Pass. After stopping to find a geocache along the small Rio Grande, we headed for Kite Lake. Kite [...]
Hole-in-the-Rock Adventure | Day 4 & 5
Posted: April 12, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, TouringTags: 2010, anasazi, basketmaker, blanding, bluff, bluff cemetery, bluff fort, bluff fort historic site, cabin, cal black memorial airport, camp, henry mountains, hole-in-the-rock trail, kumen jones ruin, navajo twins, petroglyphs, red canyon, rock art, san juan mission, san juan river, sand island, sand island petroglyphs, sunbonnet rock, tent, utah, wagons
Sunday – Monday, April 11-12, 2010 We had camped pretty close to the end of the trail the previous night, so once we were up and packed up we made our way back to the highway. I didn’t stop for anymore photos on the way out. Once back at the highway, a few of us [...]
Moab BogleyFest 2009 | Sunday
Posted: November 8, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2009, bogley, bogleyfest, cabin, colorado river, colorado river gorge, dewey bridge, dolores river, dolores river ford, dolores triangle, entrada ranch road, granite creek, jeep, knowles mesa, lake bottom, moab, utah, westwater canyon, westwater canyon overlook
Sunday, November 8, 2009 On Sunday morning, I slept in a little later than the previous two days and met up with the remainder of the group before they headed out for their canyons for the day. After saying good-bye, I headed out of town on UT 128 along the Colorado River on my way [...]