Camping North of Payson
This weekend we went camping on the rim, north of Payson, in one of our favorite areas. We left Friday night and drove up there with Marcia's parents, Paul and Barb, and Terry from Paul's work. We found a spot to camp just after dark and got our gear setup for the weekend.
Saturday morning we took off and headed east on forest service road 300. (Rim Road) Along the way, we came up to a turn off to the General Springs Cabin. It's was a smaller road that headed north from the main road. About 1/4 mile north we came to the cabin and stopped to explore.
From the cabin, the road continued north. We didn't know how far it went, but it looked like a fun trail. Dave lead the way as it went up over the hill along a large pipeline.
The road went northwest for about a mile before connecting to another road that we took south to reconnect to FR300. We continued east and by this time we could see some rain clouds moving in.
Approximatly half way on the 45-50 mile rim road is a turn off to Knoll Lake 4 miles north of FR300. We stopped and looked around for awhile. From there, we decided to turn around and head back to camp.
It had started to rain on us a little bit as we headed back. We pulled over at one spot to take pictures and watch the lighting to the south.
The first picture here is of our Jeep and camper setup before it started raining Saturday night. The rain hadn't made it that far west yet, but we knew it was coming. We put the awning out and began to cook supper. Paul started a fire and we worked on keeping warm and dry the rest of the night.
That area got a pretty good rain Saturday night. In the morning it had let up and I walked around and took a few more pictures.
Saturday morning we took off and headed east on forest service road 300. (Rim Road) Along the way, we came up to a turn off to the General Springs Cabin. It's was a smaller road that headed north from the main road. About 1/4 mile north we came to the cabin and stopped to explore.
From the cabin, the road continued north. We didn't know how far it went, but it looked like a fun trail. Dave lead the way as it went up over the hill along a large pipeline.
The road went northwest for about a mile before connecting to another road that we took south to reconnect to FR300. We continued east and by this time we could see some rain clouds moving in.
Approximatly half way on the 45-50 mile rim road is a turn off to Knoll Lake 4 miles north of FR300. We stopped and looked around for awhile. From there, we decided to turn around and head back to camp.
It had started to rain on us a little bit as we headed back. We pulled over at one spot to take pictures and watch the lighting to the south.
The first picture here is of our Jeep and camper setup before it started raining Saturday night. The rain hadn't made it that far west yet, but we knew it was coming. We put the awning out and began to cook supper. Paul started a fire and we worked on keeping warm and dry the rest of the night.
That area got a pretty good rain Saturday night. In the morning it had let up and I walked around and took a few more pictures.
posted by Virgil | 8/05/2007
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