// Adventures and Photography from the Colorado Plateau, Rocky Mountains & Beyond
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Since I haven’t been travelling much lately (and I hope to fix that next weekend with a Christmas weekend trip to Moab), I have been trying to get out to hike more of the local trails we have here in the Grand Valley the past couple of weeks. This morning Diane and I headed back to the Devil’s Canyon trail system in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and hiked another five mile loop. Here are a couple of pictures I snapped along the way.
Leave a CommentSaturday, December 19, 2015
This morning I went for a short hike in the Devil’s Canyon section of the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area just outside of Fruita and snapped a couple of photos that I will share below. The temperature was cold and the ground was frozen but there was less snow on the trails than I thought there would be.
Leave a CommentSunday, December 13, 2015
After spending a few hours hiking the trails between Kodels Canyon and Devils Canyon near Fruita, Diane and I headed over to White Rocks in the Colorado National Monument to visit a couple of rock art sites. I wasn’t really planning on taking any photos during our hikes today so I left my main camera at home, but I did snap a few shots with my point & shoot that I’ll share below.
Leave a CommentThanksgiving | Thursday, November 26, 2015
For Thanksgiving Diane and I had originally planned to hike a seven mile loop through Devil’s Canyon in the morning. However, since Diane had forgotten her rain jacket at home and there were rain and snow storms scattered throughout the valley, we decided to just stick to the frontcountry trails near the mouth of Devil’s Canyon in case we needed to make a quick retreat back to my Jeep at the trailhead. We would encounter a few snowstorms throughout the morning, but they didn’t get us very wet. Since the clouds and light were looking pretty nice this morning we headed over to the Cowboy Hat Tower first so I could get a few photos of this geologic feature.
Leave a CommentMonday, November 16, 2015
I was out at the Coke Ovens Overlook at the Colorado National Monument this evening hoping to catch some interesting weather conditions before sunset. While I was waiting I saw a patch of warm-colored light strike the Grand Valley in the distance and then move up the Book Cliffs before disappearing in a matter of minutes. I snapped a couple of pictures.
Leave a Comment
