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 [...]
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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
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Half the White Rim Trail
Posted: September 11, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, canyonlands, island in the sky, jeep, lathrop canyon, moab, murphy hogback, national park, photography, rainbow, shafer trail, sunrise, sunset, utah, white rim
Saturday & Sunday, September 10-11, 2011 The White Rim Trail seems to be the one I just can’t complete. I’ve been wanting to for years, but it just never seems to happen. The first big issue for me is getting a permit to camp along the trail (yes, I know I could probably get around [...]
Into the Maze
Posted: April 9, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2011, arches, camp, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, chimney rock, ekker butte, flint trail, government shutdown, hanksville, hans flat, island in the sky, jasper canyon, jeep, land of standing rocks, orange cliffs, snow, sunset, teapot canyon, teapot rock, the maze, utah, water canyon
The Maze and the Mesa | Day 0: Change of Plans? Friday, April 8, 2011 As you might have seen in this post before I left on this trip, there was some real concern about the government shutting down and closing Canyonlands National Park. The night before I was set to leave, I stayed up [...]
Hole-in-the-Rock to Island in the Sky
Posted: October 5, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2010, anasazi, arches, aspens, aztek butte, boulder mountain, camp, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, clouds, escalante, fiftymile mountain, flooding, fog, granary, hole-in-the-rock road, horsethief campground, island in the sky, kaiparowits plateau, moab, rain, ruins, snow, storm, straight cliffs, utah
Southern Utah Wanderings 2010 | Day 4 Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Tuesday morning we were stuck in our tents until there was finally a short break in the rain. It had rained pretty much all night and we were a bit sick of camping in the rain. During that short break we took down and [...]
Winter in Canyonlands
Posted: December 28, 2008 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, TouringTags: 2008, arches, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, grand view point, green river, green river overlook, island in the sky, la sal mountains, mesa arch, moab, utah, washer woman arch
Sunday, December 28, 2008 After spending all day in Arches on Saturday we decided to head to Canyonlands Island in the Sky district on Sunday before heading home. It was nice to finally see more of this part of Canyonlands, because up until this point, I had only been on the Shafer switchbacks. I’m looking [...]
Exploring Moab
Posted: July 29, 2007 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, JeepingTags: 2007, canyonlands, canyonlands national park, chicken corners, colorado river, dead horse point, hurrah pass, intrepidxpedition, island in the sky, jeep, kane creek, kane creek canyon, moab, potash road, shafer trail, sunrise, thelma and louise point, utah
IntrepidXpedition 2007 | Day 11 Sunday, July 29, 2007 After a good nights sleep it was time to get out and do some more exploring around Moab. My first destination was to head up to Hurrah Pass. Looking up Kane Creek Canyon at sunrise Headed up to Hurrah Pass View from Hurrah Pass From the [...]