Camping Trip Report
Posted 05-11-2008 at 09:20 PM by Lee
Last Thursday Brent (bdubs), JP (keonip), and I went on a 4-day camping adventure on the Mogollon Rim near Payson, AZ.
Highlights:
- We found a perfect location right near the lake and away from the other campers.
- Watching JP and Brent reel in some nice rainbow trout, unfortunately I didn't catch one single fish.
- Cooking over the campfire.
- One evening we got to see a bunch of elk walking around in the forest.
- It was freezing cold at night/early morning. There was icy snow on the ground in some shady parts of the forest. We used the ice to preserve the fish.
- Almost pulling down a crackly, old 30' pine tree with a rock tied to a rope.
- Smores.
Overall it was a fun trip and a great experience. It was refreshing to be out in the nature with no one else around.
Highlights:
- We found a perfect location right near the lake and away from the other campers.
- Watching JP and Brent reel in some nice rainbow trout, unfortunately I didn't catch one single fish.
- Cooking over the campfire.
- One evening we got to see a bunch of elk walking around in the forest.
- It was freezing cold at night/early morning. There was icy snow on the ground in some shady parts of the forest. We used the ice to preserve the fish.
- Almost pulling down a crackly, old 30' pine tree with a rock tied to a rope.
- Smores.
Overall it was a fun trip and a great experience. It was refreshing to be out in the nature with no one else around.
Total Comments 10
Comments
|
Thanks for the invite...
Just playin, sounds like you guys had a good time, good to hear Lee |
Posted 05-11-2008 at 10:12 PM by jr125
|
|
|
if camping is going to a campground its not camping...spend 2 weeks in the teton mountains backpacking...thats camping
|
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 07:02 AM by BG7754
|
|
|
still sounds like you guys had fun tho cool cool
|
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 07:03 AM by BG7754
|
|
|
for the REcord BG7754, we only went to a "campground" so that we had a place to leave the car without it getting towed, we actually kept driving on a long dirt road until we found a secluded spot what WASNT an actual campsite (we drove 12 miles into the middle of the forest and then went past the "NO camping past this point sign (rebels i know) so that we would be even farther away from anyone else).
it def wasnt like we paid $$$/night to stay at some offical campground or an official campsite backpacking in teton mountains does sound sick though... |
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 12:06 PM by bdubs3737
|
|
|
..
|
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 12:07 PM by bdubs3737
|
|
|
Sounds like a lot of fun. I haven't been camping in a long time. One of my favorite places to go in Arizona is Aravaipa canyon. Its not too far from Tucson and is an absolutely beautiful place to go backpacking. They are very strict rules about how many people are allowed in the canyon at once and to backpack through it you have to get a permit (you want to get them in advance) and even then can only be in the canyon for 3 days. I highly recommend it tho.
http://www.blm.gov/az/sfo/aravaipa/aravaipa.htm |
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 12:42 PM by threeven
|
|
|
sounds like you guys had a good time, the weather is so nice up there this time of year.
dubs, did you guys need permits or did you just walk up and fish? |
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 07:00 PM by thecfunk10
|
|
|
We technically "needed permits" but we knew we'd be far enough out there that we prob wouldnt run into any park rangers or anything (which we never did).
thanks again for the suggestion on the location funk10 |
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 08:29 PM by bdubs3737
|
|
|
Fking poacher diagf
jk |
|
Posted 05-12-2008 at 10:26 PM by threeven
|
|
|
Tell Jp I Said Whatsup, Glgl Lee And Brent
|
|
Posted 05-13-2008 at 09:54 AM by Beck_AA
|
Recent Blog Entries by Lee
- Started a new goal/blog (11-02-2009)
- ok, im back on the grind (01-19-2009)
- New York Trip - pz bdubs, beck and bigpat (08-12-2008)
- Hello? (07-12-2008)
- Camping Trip Report (05-11-2008)
