Posts Tagged ‘Utah’
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Typically our first family camping trip of the year happens around my birthday in March but due to our already jam packed spring camping schedule Clint and I made a quick trip to the Moab area to celebrate the occasion. The plan was to make a quick cheap trip in the Camry to and shoot some star trails and do a bit of hiking.
We left Thursday after work and went directly to Island in the Sky with plans to shoot stat trails at False Kiva followed by a Mesa Arch sunrise. We grabbed the last site in the campground and drove out to the False Kiva trail head and began hiking just after sunset. We rushed down the trail and got the cameras setup just in time to catch the last trickle of day light. I forgot my flash in the car so I used my black diamond orbit lantern to illuminate the the Kiva and alcove and it worked out pretty well. We spent a few hours in the dark shooting then hiked out from False Kiva and drove back to our camp site. After setting up our tents we went for a walk to the green river overlook where it was so dark you couldn’t see anything but stars.
Friday morning we were up before sunrise and headed to Mesa Arch. To our delight only 8 or so other photographers there. I’ve heard at times it can be a real nightmare of people trying to capture this iconic shot so we were pretty lucky to have such a small crowd. (more…)
Tags: arches national park, cable arch, Canyonlands, False Kiva, fin, funnel arch, longs expsoure, mesa arch, moab, night, star trails, stars, sunrise, Utah
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
I had received word from a few flickr contacts and friends on facebook that Zebra canyon was once again dry. Typically there is a long cold pool between the mouth of the canyon and the slot and occasionally it fills up with sand and dries out between storms. Now if you follow my blog here you know I hate cold water and will walk miles out of my way to avoid it because I’m a big wussy so this was my chance to see the famous Zebra slot and stay dry.
In typically fashion (at least for us) the weather forecast for the weekend was sketchy. Mid 60′s on Saturday turning to snow mid afternoon with lows in the 30′s and snow all day Sunday. We picked the boys up from school a bit early then drove down to Escalante, we had planned on camping on the Hole in the Rock Road but due to the sketchy forecast we decided to stay at the nearly empty Calf Creek campground. (more…)
Tags: calf creek, campground, devils garden, escalante, Half Way Hollow, Harris wash, hole in the rock road, lower Calf Creek falls, narrows, night, slot, slot canyon, star trails, Utah, Zebra Canyon
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
Every year we make at least one winter trip to Moab during the off season. Hotels are cheap and the trails are typically empty aside from the few people willing to deal with a bit of cold weather. For our 2012 trip we got an early start Saturday morning and drove out to Island in the Sky . We had epic skies and dark clouds for our entire drive down but of course as soon as we got to the False Kiva trail head the sky became clear and blue. The kids are amazing hikers especially our 5yo, I have a feeling that kid will be pounding out some serious miles later this year.
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Tags: Arches, Canyonlands, cold, Corona Arch, Courthouse Towers, Crystal ball, devils garden, False Kiva, hiking, mesa arch, north window, sunrise, Utah, winter
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