Sunday, October 28, 2012 It was one of those days that I just needed to get out hiking and exploring by myself, so that’s what I set out to do. Last year around Christmas I had planned to hike along the Dolores River near Bedrock but got a severe headache on the drive there and [...]
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Along the Dolores
Posted: October 28, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, bedrock, colorado, cottonwood canyon, dinosaur tracks, dolores river, driggs mansion, fall colors, fisher creek, gateway, jeep, la sal creek, paradox valley, petroglyphs, rock art, san miguel river, the hanging flume, thimble rock, unaweep canyon, uncompahgre plateau, utah, ute
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Flag Point
Posted: October 9, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, alstrom point, anasazi, dinosaur tracks, flag point, grand staircase, grand staircase - escalante national monument, hoodoos, jeep, kanab, lake powell, paria river, pictographs, rock art, sunset, the rimrocks, toadstools, twilight, utah, vermilion cliffs, white house road
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 4 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Since there weren’t really any good places nearby to photograph sunrise, we slept in a little later on Tuesday morning. After a little breakfast we packed up camp and took the rough Jeep road to it’s end where we would start our [...]
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 [...]
Straddling the Border to Toroweap
Posted: October 2, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, arizona, arizona strip, canaan gap, colorado city, colorado river, dinosaur tracks, fort pearce, grand canyon, honeymoon trail, hurricane, hurricane cliffs, nampaweap, national park, paitue cave, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, toroweap, tuweap, utah, virgin kayenta anasazi, warner valley
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 2 Sunday, October 2, 2011 After an awesome night camping under the stars in perfect weather near Little Black Mountain, we were up early, had a little breakfast and were soon on our way back into Utah. Our ultimate destination for the day would be Toroweap on [...]
Along the Colorado River Gorge
Posted: December 18, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2010, anasazi, arches national park, basketmaker, behind the rocks, centipede panel, clouds, colorado river, colorado river gorge, dinosaur tracks, fisher towers, moab, parriott mesa, petroglyphs, poison spider bench, poison spider mesa, potash road, river tower, rock art, snow, the bear, titan, utah, ute, williams bottom, wolfe ranch, wolfe ranch petroglyphs
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 [...]
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 [...]
Arch Hunting the Dome Plateau Area
Posted: March 27, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Geocaching, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2010, arches, arches national park, arrow head arch, arrowhead arch, cave spring, cisco, clouds, colorado river, covert arch, dancing bear panel, delicate arch, dewey bridge, dinosaur tracks, dome plateau, jeep, kokopelli trail, la boca arch, lost spring canyon, moab, petroglyphs, pole canyon, rock art, squaw park, squaw window, the highlands, utah, ute, wind caves, winter camp ridge, yellow cat, yellow cat flat, yellow cat road, yellow jacket canyon
Saturday, March 27, 2010 On Saturday morning, Amanda and I headed out to the Dome Plateau area north of Moab in search of some arches. The main arch I wanted to find was Covert Arch above Lost Spring Canyon. I figured since we were planning on looking for at least one arch, I should stop [...]