San Rafael Swell Rock Art X Black Friday & Saturday, November 23-24, 2012 After spending most of Thanksgiving Day at home it was time to get back out exploring again. Normally I take at least a few trips throughout the year to the San Rafael Swell, but I guess I was too preoccupied with the [...]
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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
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. [...]
Fable Valley
Posted: November 17, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, anasazi, bridger jack mesa, canyonlands, cathedral butte, clouds, cottonwood canyon, cottonwood canyon road, dark canyon plateau, fable valley, fortress ruin, handprints, horse mountain, indian creek canyon, jeep, la sal mountains, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, ruins, salt creek canyon, six shooter peaks, storms, sunrise, sunset, t-shaped door, utah, ute, ute boulder
Saturday, November 17, 2012 On Saturday morning I was up and driving towards the Abajo Mountains well before the sun was ready to come up. My destination for the day was Fable Valley. I wanted to squeeze in a quick dayhike before snow would make the roads impassable and I wouldn’t be able to return [...]
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
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 [...]
Alstrom Point to Johns Canyon
Posted: October 10, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Camping, Exploring, Four-Wheeling, Hiking, Jeeping, PhotographingTags: 2012, alstrom point, anasazi, basketmaker, big horse, big water, bluff, bluff horses, camp, cedar mesa, clouds, crosby canyon, dominguez butte, dotted man panel, duckhead man, duckhead man panel, glen canyon national recreation area, glen canyon style, gunsight bay, gunsight butte, jeep, johns canyon, lake powell, mexican hat, navajo mountain, padres butte, page, petroglyphs, rock art, san juan river, sand island, sunburst, sunrise, sunset, utah, ute, warm creek point
Arizona Strip & Southern Utah Wanderings | Day 5 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 On Wednesday morning, after a great night sleeping under the stars on Alstrom Point, we woke up just as dawn was starting to break. I rolled out of my sleeping bag, grabbed my camera and walked a few feet to the edge [...]
Shavano Valley Petroglyph Park
Posted: June 23, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, PhotographingTags: 2012, bear dance, bear dance panel, colorado, historic inscriptions, lichen, montrose, petroglyphs, rock art, shavano valley, shavano valley petroglyph park, uncompahgre plateau, ute, ute bear dance
Saturday, June 23, 2012 On Saturday I was invited by my friend Greg to visit the Shavano Valley Petroglyph Park near Montrose. I’ve been wanting to visit this site for quite a while, but never got around to getting permission to go, so I jumped at the opportunity. Amanda and I planned to head back [...]
Bridgeport to Whitewater
Posted: May 12, 2012 by Randy Langstraat in Exploring, Hiking, Paddling, RaftingTags: 2012, bear paw panel, book cliffs, bridgeport, colorado, gunnison river, mount garfield, petroglyphs, rock art, triangle canyon, triangle mesa, ute, whitewater
Saturday, May 12, 2012 Over the winter I bought my own inflatable kayak so that I wouldn’t have to rent or borrow one anymore, and I’ve been looking forward to getting it on the river for the first time this year. Originally, Jackson and I wanted to go on a day trip through Ruby-Horsethief Canyon [...]