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 [...]
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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
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Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Sunday
Posted: June 12, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, casa rinconada, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, doorways, fajada butte, gallo camp, new mexico, pictographs, pueblo bonito, rock art, ruins, wijiji pueblo
Sunday, June 12, 2011 On Sunday morning I slept in just a little bit later than on Saturday. It was not because I wanted to, but because I was planning on photographing through the doorways of Pueblo Bonito during the early morning light. The park would not be opening the gates until 7:00am, so there [...]
Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Saturday
Posted: June 11, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 1054 supernova pictograph, 2011, anasazi, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, chetro ketl, fajada butte, kin kletso, new mexico, penasco blanco, petroglyph loop trail, petroglyphs, pictographs, pueblo bonito, pueblo bonito overlook, pueblo del arroyo, richard wetherill, rock art, ruins, supernova pictograph
Saturday, June 11, 2011 On Saturday morning I got up a little earlier than Amanda and headed out to try and get a photo of Fajada Butte at sunrise (since they don’t open the gates to the main park until 7:00am). When I arrived there were some nice clouds behind the butte, but they cleared [...]
Long Weekend in Chaco Canyon | Friday
Posted: June 10, 2011 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2011, anasazi, aztec ruins national monument, chaco canyon, chaco culture national historical park, chetro ketl, doorways, fajada butte, gallo camp, great kiva, jeep, kiva, new mexico, petroglyphs, pictographs, pueblo bonito, rock art, ruins, una vida
Friday, June 10, 2011 Amanda found out pretty last minute that she was going to have a three day weekend from work and she wanted to go somewhere new. I gave her a couple of suggestions for places I wanted to get to this year that we had not been to yet, and she agreed [...]
Summitville
Posted: August 27, 2010 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Hiking, JeepingTags: 2010, bonanza, carnero pass, carnero pass road, clover creek trail, cochetopa hills, colorado, conejos river, continental divide, cumbres and toltec scenic railroad, del norte, devil mountain, elwood pass, ghost towns, grayback mountain, jeep, la garita, new mexico, pagosa springs, pinos creek, saguache, san juan mountains, sawatch range, south mountain, stunner pass, summitville, train, ute pass
Colorado Adventure 2010 | Day 3 Friday, August 27, 2010 Gold was discovered in the Summitville area in 1870. The town at one time had a population of more than 1,500 and 2,500 mining claims were staked. At 11,200 feet on South Mountain, Summitville was once the highest major gold camp in Colorado. By 1889 [...]
Four Corners Memorial Weekend: Monday
Posted: May 25, 2009 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, TouringTags: 2009, anasazi, arizona, colorado, coyote village, durango, far view house, far view tower, four corners, four corners monument, jeep, kiva, memorial day, mesa verde, mesa verde national park, mummy lake, new mexico, red mountain pass, ruins, silverton, snow, utah
Memorial Day | Monday, May 25, 2009 On Monday, Amanda and I said goodbye to Jared and headed our separate ways. We ended up sticking to the pavement and did some more ‘touristy’ stuff as we looped around on our way back home. Our first stop was the Four Corners Monument. Amanda has wanted to [...]