Posts Tagged ‘colorado river gorge’

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 [...]

Moab Area Rock Art I Saturday, January 22, 2011 Since I am planning on making a number of trips to the Moab area in search of rock art this year, I’ve decided to make it easy on myself with the naming convention for these trip reports. Here’s the first of this years ‘Moab Area Rock [...]

Sunday, December 26, 2010 Amanda had to work on Sunday, so I was on my own to find something to do. As I have been doing lately, I decided to head back to Moab in search of some more rock art. On my drive to Moab down the Colorado River Road, I was treated to [...]

Saturday, December 18, 2010 After my detour into the Book Cliffs I was back on the road towards Moab for the rest of the day. The Colorado River Road was covered with snow so I didn’t make as good of time as I usually do, but I did stop for a few photos in Professor [...]

Saturday, December 4, 2010 On Saturday morning, I awoke bright and early so that I could head back to the Moab area to find some more rock art. On my drive towards Moab, I was treated to an excellent sunrise over the La Sal Mountains. Here’s some photos from my day… The Snake-in-Mouth Panel Close-up [...]

Veterans Day | Thursday, November 11, 2010 Amanda and I were both off on Veterans Day this year so we loaded up the Jeep and headed for Canyonland’s Island in the Sky District for the day. On our way there we stopped to check out some petroglyphs and pictographs. Intestine Man pictograph panel Before reaching [...]

Southern Utah Wanderings 2010 | Day 5 Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Wednesday…another day and another morning of waiting in the tent until the rain stopped. Luckily, once it stopped, the sky actually started to clear up and the sun came out as we were packing up camp. From camp we headed down the Colorado River [...]

Saturday, March 20, 2010 Today, Amanda and I headed to the Sand Flats Recreation Area just outside of Moab. Our goal was to run the Hells Revenge and Fins & Things trails. It has been a few years since I have run either of these trails, so it was about time to run them again. [...]

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 [...]

Labor Day | Monday, September 7, 2009 For Labor Day Andrew, Amanda and I spent a few hours on the Colorado River near Moab. We put in at Hittle Bottom and took out at Takeout Beach. The water was pretty low and slow…plus there was a little wind up the canyon, so Andrew and I [...]